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U-Boats control the Atlantic
German U-boats and warships - and later Italian submarines - were pitted against Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies across the Atlantic to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
About half of the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet was destroyed by a Japanese surprise attack. This forced the U.S. to join the war against the Axis. -
General MacArthur loses it all
The Japanese took Guam, Hong Kong, and Wake Island. Destrroyed half his fighters planes. -
General MacArthur loses Philippines, Guam, Hong Kong, Wake Island and Australia
General Douglas MacArthur begins a withdrawal from Manila to Bataan; Japanese take Wake Island. -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrendered the Bataan Peninsula approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-milemarch to prison camps. -
Doolittle Raid
Was an airr raid by the United States of America on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu. -
Battle of Coral Sea
This four-day World War II skirmish marked the first air-sea battle in history. The Japanese were seeking to control the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea, but their plans were intercepted by Allied forces. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive episode in the struggle for naval contrrol in the Pacific Ocean, fought in June 1942. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide war in favor of the Allies. -
Allied Invasion of North Africa (Operation Torch)
The military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched Operation Torch in North Africa, this amphibious operation inevitably postponed the landing in France until 1944, but at the same time it allowed the United States to complete mobilization of its immense industrial and manpower resources. -
Women's Army Corps
American women provided clerical workers,truck drivers,instructors and lab technicians for the United States Army. -
Italy surrenders to Allies
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies after Mussolini is deposted from power in Italy. -
D-Day Invasion
The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. -
Liberation of France
After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infrantry Division. -
Battle of the Bulge
A counter attack ordered by Hitler which almost suceeded. Was a desperate attempt to drive a wedge between American and British forces. -
Mussolini Execution
Caught trying to flee to Switzerland was captured and executed. -
Hitler's Suicide
Allied forces were now in position for an all-out assault against Hitler's capital. Hitler was by now a physical wreck shaken by tremors, paranoid from drugs and kept alive by mad dreams of a final victory. Since no one followed any of his orders he commited suicide next to his closest associates. -
Manhattan Project
The FDR gave the highest national priority to the development of an atomic bomb. Casted several billion dollars and employed tens of thousands of people. -
Atomic Bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
U.S. pilots dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and they dropped a second one on Nagasaki, this led to the surrender of Emperor Hirohito. -
Japan dominated Southeast Asia and Western Pacific
