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Invasion of Manchuria
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Hitler takes power
Hitler was appointed chancellor or prime mister. Once in power, he quickley dismantled Germany's democratic Weimar republic. -
German Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Hitler wanted to annex Czechoslovakia in order to provide more living space for Germany. Also in order to control its important natural resources -
Munich Agreement
To avoid war, Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement. Agreement turned Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired, -
Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and Russia committed to never attack each other. Agreed to divide Poland between the two countries. -
Invasion of Poland
German air force roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities. At the same times, German raced tanks across the Polish countryside, spreading confusion and terror. -
Battle of the Atlantic
After pearl harbor, Hitler ordered submarine raids against ships along the America’s east coast. The Germans aim in the battle of the Atlantic was to prevent food and war materials from reaching the Great Britain and the Soviet Union. -
Fall of France
The world watched HItler hand the French Officers his terms of surrender.Germany would control the northen part of France, and the Nazi- controlled puppet government, and would set up a VIchy, in southern France. -
Battle of Britain
was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
Lend-Lease Act
allowed the United States to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment. -
Atlantic Charter
declaration of the principles iin which the U.S and Britain set forth their goals in opposing the Axis power. And was the basis of the new document called “A Declaration of the United States.” -
Pearl Harbor
Early in the morning a Japanese dive-bomber swooped low over Pearl Harbor, the largest U.S naval base in the Pacific. The bomber was followed by more than 180 Japanese warplanes launching from six aircraft carriers. -
Doolittle Raid
James Doolittle led 16 bombers in the attack to raid Tokyo and other Japanese cites. -
Battle of Midway-
Allies decimated the Japanese fleet at Midway. The allies then took the offensive in the Pacific and began to move closer to Japan -
Battle of Stalingrad
a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Russia. it is the largest battle on the Eastern Front and was marked by its brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties. -
Operation Torch
107,000 Allied troopes, the great majortiy of Americans, landed in Casablanca. they chased the Afrika korps, the legendary Desert Fox. -
D-Day
The day of which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during WWII. -
Liberation of France
Allies freed France as well as Beligum, and luxembourg. This helped elect Roosevelt to an unprecedented fourth term in November. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
known as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea". Considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II -
Battle of the Bulge
A month long battle of World War two. In which the Allies succeeded in turning back the last major German offensive of the war. -
Yalta Conference
meeting a Yalta produced a series of compromises. To pacify Stalin, Roosevelt convinced Churchill to agree to temporary division of the Germany into four zones- one for the Americans, British, the Soviets, and the French -
Okinawa
U.S Merines invaded Okinawa and Japanese unleashed more than 1,900 kamikaze attacks on the Allies during the okinawa campaign. Sinking 30 ships,, damaging more than 300 more and killing almost 5,000 seamen. -
FDR’s death
Former Misssouri senator, Harry S. Truman immediately becomes president after Roosevelt's death. He served as vIce-president a few months before Roosevelt died. -
V-E day
means “Victory in Europe Day”. General Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of the Nazi Germany which marked the end of WWII in Europe -
Hiroshima
it was an important Japanese center. Bomber Enola Gay released an atomic bomb, code named little boy, making every building collapse.( -
Nagasaki
Second bomb, codenamed Fat man was dropped, leaving half the city. There was an estimated 200,000 people injured or died of radiation poisoning. -
V-J day
is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II
