World War II

The Holocaust

Jul 16, 1933

Mass execution of jews

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler betreys legue of nations

Stalin attacks Finland

Nov 30, 1939

Winston Churchill Becomes Prime Minister

May 10, 1940

Germany invades France

May 10, 1940

Hitler drops bombs on Paris

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Was the first aircraft only battle fought between the British and the Germans.

German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

Sep 7, 1940

Germans try to bombard the soviet union

Lend-Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

U.S gives military aid to allies

Hitler takes over the Balkans

Jun 22, 1941

Hitler feels the power of the oil is a threat.

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese internment camps

Feb 19, 1942

Japanese military camps

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

the turning point of the pacific war

Guadalcanal

Jun 8, 1942

japanese troops try to take over the south pacific

Battle of Stalingrad

Jul 17, 1942

Germans try to take over stalingrad

Battle of El Alamein

Oct 23, 1942

Tehran Conference

Nov 28, 1943

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

U.S lands in Normandy france

McArthur’s plan for Japan

Oct 20, 1944

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

F.D.R's Death

Apr 12, 1945

F.D.R Dies of Polio

Mussolini’s assassination

Apr 28, 1945

mussolini is executed and strung up publicly

Hitler’s suicide

Apr 30, 1945

hitler kills himself

Potsdam Conference

Jul 17, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Nuremburg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

Formation of the U.N.

Jan 10, 1946

Cold War

May 16, 1947

Stand off between USA and USSR

Marshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

Island hopping

Berlin Airlift

Jun 26, 1948

Allies give aid to east berlin

Berlin Wall

Aug 13, 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 14, 1962

USSR ships missiles to cuba