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Millions Are Murdered in Death Camps
At the Wannsee Conference, Nazi leaders made the decision to move toward Hitler's "Final Solution." Reinhard Haydrich, an SS leader known as "the man with an iron heart," outlined a plan to exterminate about 11,000,000 Jews. -
Japanese Forces Advance
Throgh May 1942, Japanese forces continued to advance with seemingly unstoppable momentum. They had attacked American, British, and Dutch colonies, winning control of the Philippines, Malaya, Dutch East Indies, Hong Kong, Wake Island, Guam, and Burma. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, ending the seemingly unstoppable Japanese advance. Japan still had a powerful navy, committed troops, and fortified postions. But would neveer again threaten Hawaii or Pacific domination. -
The Eighth Army reached Benghazi
The Eighth Army reached Benghazi. Northeast and southwest of Stalingrad, the attacking Soviet armies are making rapid progress in the direction of Kalach on the Don, the chosen meeting point of the two pincers. The 6th and 4th Panzer Army's hurriedly dispatch mobile units to bolster the unprepared and crumbling Romanian defenses west and south of the Don. Hitler relinquishes his command of Army Group A to Kleist. -
Roosevelt & Churchill
January of 1943, Roosevelt and Churchill met in Casablanca, Morocco, to plan their next move. The conference resulted in two important decisions. First, the Allies decided to increase bombing of Germany and invade Italy. Second, FDR announced that the Allies would accept only unconditional surrender. -
German Troops Surrender
Soviet troops counterattcked, trapping the German forces. Hitler refused to allow his army to retreat. Straving, sick, and suffering from the frostbite, the surviving German troops surrendered. -
British and American Armies
In July of 1943, British and American armies made separate landings in the Sicily and began to advance across the island before joining forces in the north. -
Grand Council
The Fascist Grand Council deposes Benito Mussolini, enabling Atalian marshall Pietro Badoglio to form a new goverment. -
Bomb At Hitler's Headquaters
An officer planted a bomb at Hitler's headquaters. The explosion killed or wounded 20 people. But Hitler survived. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler ordered a counterattack. With Alllied troops strung out between the English Channel and the Alps, German forces massed near the Ardennes. Hitlers plan called for English-speaking German soldiers in U.S. uniforms to telephone lines, change road signs, and spread confusion. German tanks would then secure communication and transportation hubs. -
American Forces Near Japan
B-29 bombers destoryed 16 square miles Tokyo. The raidkilled over 83,000 Japanese, more than either of the later atomic bombs. and injured 100,000 more. -
Hitler Committs Suicide
Hitler by now was a wreck. He gave ordered nobody listened to and planned campaigns that no one wold ever fight. Finally, on April 30, he committed suicide. -
First Atomic Bomb
In a barren area outside of Alamogordo, New Mexico, the first atomic bomb was tested. The flash of light was clearly visible 180 miles away. The sound was heard from 100 miles away. -
Hiroshima Is Destoryed
U.S. pilots dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It exploded at 8:15 A.M. Within two minutes,more than 60,000 of Hiroshima's 344,000 residents were dead or missing. -
Nagasaki Destoryed
The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Killing 35,000 residents.
