World War 2 Timeline

By ericschneider
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    Battle of the Atlantic

    German U-boats were sinking U.s. and other unprotected merchant ships

  • Pearl Harbor

    Full blown attack on pearl harbor. United States was taken by surprise

  • U.S. declaires war on Japan

  • Germany and italy declaires war on the U.S.

  • Battle of the Coral sea

    Japanese were winning every battle and taking over the pacific
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    Battle of Midway

    -Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code
    -U.S. launched a surprise attack on japan on pacific island called Midway
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    -Germans violated nonaggression pact with soviet Union and attacked
    -Germans nearly won

  • Normandy invasion (D-day)

    Soviet Union was pushing into Poland and allies were pushing north in italy

  • Normandy invaison cont

    France was freed from nazi control
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    Battle of the Bulge

    -German tanks broke through American lines
    - fought in Belgium- Germany was trying to capture Antwerp

  • Yatal confrence

    Roosvelt, Stalin and Churchill met in yatal in the soviet Union to discuss post world war 2
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    Postdam

    all the important guys drew up a blueprint to disarm Germany and eliminate the nazi regime
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    Iwo jima

    Island that was critical for the U.S. to win
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    Battle of okinawa

    • Japan's first stronghold
    • Japan used 1,900 kamikaze attacks

  • April 12, 1945

    -At the beginning of his 4th term president Franklin D Roosevelt passes away
    - U.S. went through major grieving period

  • end oh Hitler

    Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide

  • Cover of time magazine

  • V-E day

    -general Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the third Reich
    - V-E= victory in Europe day

  • v-j day

    Japan offers unconditional surrender

  • v-j day

    victory in japan day