World War 2 timeline U.S. History

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    Holocaust

    The Holocaust was bad, no one should have to go through that. The Holocaust targeted Jews and people that would help the Jews.
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    Hitler's Control of Europe

    Under Hitler's control some people were like activists and people who protested, because of how many shootings and imprisonments there were. The Nazi's wanted people to love war but most people didn't.
  • The Anschluss = Germany taking over Austria

    This gave Austria to Germany.
  • Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Germany invaded and occupied Czechoslovakia.
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    World War 2

    This lasted for 6 years and many soldiers and civilians died. Civilians would get caught in the crossfire when there were battles on the street and bombings it just all around not a good situation for anyone.
  • Invasion of Poland

    The invasion marked the beginning of World War 2
  • the neutrality act of 1939

    Marked the beginning of a congressional shift away from isolationism.
  • The Fall of France

    The Fall of France, was the German invasion of France during the Second World War. Source:Wikipedia
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain, was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. Source:Wikipedia
  • US Oil Embargo on Japan

    Japan lost access to three-fourths of its overseas trade and 88 percent of its imported oil. Japan's oil reserves were only sufficient to last three years, and only half that time if it went to war and consumed fuel at a more frenzied pace. Source:www.history.com
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. Source:Wikipedia
  • Bataan Death March

    The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of between 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, the prisoners being forced to march despite many dying on the journey. Source:Wikipedia
  • Battle of Midway Island

    The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. Source:Wikipedia
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. Source:Wikipedia
  • D-Day (Operation Overlord)

    The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Code named Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Source:Wikipedia
  • The Yalta Conference

    The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference, held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -Wikipedia
  • V-E Day

    On Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa, code named Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 by the United States.
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  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    "Little Boy" was the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. The bomb was dropped by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay piloted by Colonel Paul W. -Wikipedia
  • Japan invaded China

    They invaded for materials and resources