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Meeting of France, Britain, and Germany in Munich. Hitler gained the Sudetenland and promised to stop expansion.
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Offically starting the war, Germany invaded Poland. A "lightning war" which quickly took over Poland.
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Because of Germany's invasion of Poland, Britian and France declared war on Germany.
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The surrender of French forces to Germany. An armistice was signed, and the Vichy Regime became France's government.
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German air attacks against Britian. A failed attempt to destroy the British airforce.
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The USA "lent" war goods to Britain who was short on money and materials.
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The Nazis invaded Russia but the winter weather kept Germany from advancing.
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The Japanese bombed the US's Pearl Harbor in hopes the US would stay neutral. The attack was intended to destroy American Pacific fleets. Caused the US to declare war on Japan and Germany to declare war on the US.
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This was a four-day battle in May 1942 and it was the first air-sea battle in history. The Japanese were seeking to control the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea, but their plans were intercepted by Allied forces.
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The Battle of Midway effectively destroyed Japan's naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers.
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Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill's countries, the USSR, the USA, and Britain invade North Africa and force out German troops.
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The Big Three (Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill) decide to invade Sicily, Italy. Mussolini fell out of power.
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The Tehran Confrence was a 3 day meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin in Tehran, Iran. During this meeting the three leaders discussed military strategy against Germany and Japan.
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D-Day was the day that 156,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
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The Battle of the Bulge was a attempt by Hitler to split the Allies and make it so they couldnt supply themselves. The attack by the Germans created a bulge in the Allied front line, which is why they call it the Battle of the Bulge.
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The Yalta Confrence was a meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin. During the conference, the three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world.
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A part of America's island hopping tactic to take back only the most important Japanese islands. It was bloody and cost many lives.
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Two weeks into his presidency, President Truman is briefed on the Manhattan Project, the U.S. wartime effort to build an atomic bomb.
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Russia announced the fall of Berlin and the capture of 70,000 Germans who had surrendered.
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Allied troops met near Berlin and learned Hitler killed himself. Berlin fell to the Soviets on May 2nd and Germany surrendered on May 8th. This was the end of the war in Europe.
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The Potsdam Confrence was a meeting held in Potsdam, Germany that was attended by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin. They met to negotiate the terms for the end of World War II. It lasted until August 2.
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A plane called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb oin the city of Hiroshima. Instantly, 70,000 Japanese citizens wer vaporized. In the months and years agter that, an additional 100,000 perished from burns and radiation sickness.
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A plane called the Bockscar dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Instantly, 73,000 Japanese citizens wer vaporized. In the months and years agter that, an additional 90,000 perished from burns and radiation sickness.
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Japan decided to surrender because of the 2nd atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Japan offically surrendered on September 2nd by signing the Japanese Insturment of Surrender.
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The United Nations came into existence on October 24, 1945, after 29 nations had ratified the UN Charter.
