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Rhineland
In 1936, Hitler violated a treaty by sending German troops into the Rhineland. As an excuse, Hitler claimed that a recent French military agreement with the Soviet Union threatened Germany. -
Anschluss
Hitler took action to gain control of neighboring Austria. The Anschluss was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Start of World War II
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War on Germany
Britian and France declare war on Germany -
Dunkirk
Germany trapped hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers at the French port of Dunkirk. Allied ships and hundreds of civvilian boats plucked nearly 340,000 troops from the coast and carried them to Great Britain. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in America. The attack lasted barely two hours. By the time it was over, however, the Pacific Fleet was tangled mass of smoking metal. The destruction was enormous. All eight battleships in the harbor suffered damage. Four were sunk. Nearly 200 aircraft were completeky destroyed, and more were damaged. Some 2,400 Americans were dead, Japan lost only a handful of submarines and fewer than 30 aircraft. It was a complete defeat for the United States. -
D-Day
Major turning point in war, D-day happened in Normandy, France. 150,000 allied troops were carried across the English Channel. They were led by Omar Bradley -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin met to plan for postwas peace.Stalin promised to hold elections in Eastern European countries after the war. -
FDR Passes Away
FDR passes away while still in office, vice president Harry Truman takes over -
Hitler Commits Suicide
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VE Day
Marked the formal end of the war in Europe. -
VE Day
Formal end of the war in Europe. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped
Hiroshima, 80,000 killed -
Soviets join war against Japan
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Dropping of second Atomic Bom
Nagasaki, 40,000 killed -
Emperor Hirohito surrenders
Emeror Hitohito surrenders over radio -
Japan Surrenders
Japan surrenders on the USS Missouri.
