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Germany invades Poland
Germany and the Soviet Union try to take over Poland and split the country up while France and Britain are on Poland's side. -
Stalin attacks Finland
Stalin attacks Finland to try to profit as much as Germany. -
Germany Attacks France
May 10, 1940, Germany began the invasion on France, the Netherlands, and Belgium. -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
For the first time, during the German invasion, Churchill faced the House of Commons as Prime Minister. -
Lend-Lease Act
During the war, FDR ordered the country to help the war by sending ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, food, and other raw materials. -
Battle of Britain
The battle that determined if the Luftwaffe (German air force) would take over France's ports. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Hitler attacked the Balkans to gain more in order to get closer to USSR, so that he can easily attack them. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
The Germans tried to attack the Soviet Union in the winter. But they failed. -
Bombing on Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack on the U.S naval base by the Japanese that brought the U.S into World War II. -
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese government placed Japanese-Americans into camps and were held hostage. -
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews by Adolf Hitler. -
Battle of Midway
Battle fought almost entirely aircraft, and destroyed Japan's best trained naval pilots. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Campaign to capture or neutralize Japanese bases. -
Battle of El Alamein
British attack to make Rommel retrreat. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler attacked the great city Stlingrad, killing more than 40,000 innocent civilians. -
Tehran Conference
Meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin discussing whether to open a second front in western Europe. -
D-Day
Allied invasion on five separate beaches on Normandy. Also known as Operation Overlord. -
Yalta Conference
The meeting of FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to plan the final defeat of Nazi Germany. -
FDR's death
He died in Warm Springs, GA. He led the United States through the Great Depression and WWII. -
Mussolini’s Assassination
Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot by Italian partisans who captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland. -
Hitler's Suicide
Committed suicide by shooting himself in his bunker. -
Potsdam Conference
Conference between Truman, Churchill, and Stalin in an attempt to peace. -
Bombing on Hiroshima
The first bomb the Americans dropped on Japan. -
Bombing on Nagasaki
The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the Americans. -
Formation of the UN
Made to save the future generations from war, promote progress, and etc. -
Nuremburg Trials
Trials of Nazis, conducted by a U.S., French, and Soviet military tribunal based in Nuremberg, Germany, begins. -
MacArthur's Plan for Japan
Douglas MacArthur became Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan, and was in charge of its ruling. -
Cold War
War between United States and Soviet Union. Based on propaganda, politics, and economy. -
Marshall Plan
U.S. sponsored program to help European countries creat stable conditions. -
Berlin Airlift
Britain and U.S. dropped food and supplies to West Berlin via air. -
Berlin Wall
The division of East and West berlin by a concrete wall that continued for 75 miles. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
