Wwii

World War II

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Hitler in charge, directed preparation, and if needed, the execution of the plan to invade Great Britain.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    Polish is defeated, they surrendered Sep. 27, 1939. Also declared war on Germany and lost.
  • Germany attacks France

    Germany attacks France

    Apart of the plan to win the war.
  • Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britian

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britian

    Known for military leadership, appointed prime minister in Chameberlin's place.
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act

    Principal means for providing US military aid to foreign nations during WWII.
  • Hitler takes over the Balkans

    Hitler takes over the Balkans

    Took over cause he wanted to expand amount of area for his invasion of USSR.
  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg

    Lightning War
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Japanese tired of U.S. and wanted to expand asia but U.S. would not let them. They launched a surprise attack (bombing) instead of giving demands to U.S.
  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

    Killing of 1 million Jews by Hitler.
  • Japanese internment camps

    Japanese internment camps

    Roosevelt signed order to replace japanese homes to internment camps
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Turning point of civil war.
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

    Erwin Rommel brought to fight for North Africa.
  • Batlle of Stalingrad

    Batlle of Stalingrad

    Successful soviet defense of stalingrad stopped German advance to Soviet Union .
  • Guadacananl

    Guadacananl

    U.S. invades to keep allies safe from Japanese invasion.
  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

    Held to strengthen cooperation of U.S., G.B., and USSR in WWII.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Invasion of Normandy by Allies.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin dicussed conditions of Soviet Uniion planned occupation of postwar Germany.
  • F.D.R's Death

    F.D.R's Death

    Died in Warm Springs because he had polio and had an Aneurysm
  • Mussolini's Assassination

    Mussolini's Assassination

    Him and his wife are shot by Italian partisans who attempted Switzerland.
  • Hitler's Suicide

    Hitler's Suicide

    Found out mussolini died and was worried about falling into hands of enemies, he killed himself.
  • Stalin attacks Finland

    Stalin attacks Finland

    Attacked to regain Russian possessions and secure borders.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    Allies met to clarify agreements previously reached at Yalta Conference
  • Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    U.S. bombed both Hiroshima and Nagasaki because Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor
  • McArthur's plan for Japan

    McArthur's plan for Japan

    Rebuild country and formation of government and help draft new constitution
  • Formation of U.N.

    Formation of U.N.

    Plan to create international organization that focused on world peace described in charter of U.N.
  • Nuremburg Trials

    Nuremburg Trials

    Held to bring Nazi way criminals to justice; series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremburg.
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    Conflict between communist and non-communist countries
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Economic recovery for European people. Recovery program for Europe.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    U.S. sends food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    Barrier constructed by German democratic republic, cut off west Berlin from surrounding east Germany and from east Berlin,
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Soviet Union placed missiles in cuba to blow up U.S. cause U.S. tried to blow them up.