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Pearl Harbor
Sneak attack on U.S. Naval base in Hawaii. -
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U.S. & Britain Declare War on Japan
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Germany & Italy Declare War on U.S.
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Battle of the Atlantic
By the end of January German U-boats had sunk 25 tankers along the east coast of the U.S. More than 230 Allied ships sunk and 5 million tons of material was lost in the ocean. This was all done first six months of 1942. -
Final Solution
Plan established at Wannsee Conference in Germany. Plant to exterminate 11 million Jews in Europe. -
Executive Order 9066
Franklin D Roosevelt signs document moving Japanese-Americans inland. Moving over 110,000 Japanese-Americans into camps. -
General MacArthur
General MacArthur names Supreme Commander of Allied forces. -
Bataan Death March
78,000 Filipino and American troops surrender to Japanese forces. Japanese forces force enemy soldiers to march later known as Bataan Death March. -
First American Raid on Japanese Mainland
16 B-25 carriers-launched bombers the strikes hit Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama, Nagoya, & Yokosuka. -
Corregidor Falls
Last American stronghold in Philippines took over by Japanese. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
First air-naval battle in history. The battle prevented the Japanese from landing a large invasion force at Port Moresby. Also signals American strategy change in the pacific from defensive to a mix of defensive and offensive strategies. -
Battle of the Midway
First defeat of the Japanese navy in 350 years. This is the turning point in the Pacific front; & the U.S. goes on the offensive. U.S. forces intercept Japanese messages and are prepared for the Japanese attack. After this battle the Americans change battle tactics to strictly defensive to a mix of offensive and defensive tactics. The Japanese lost 3,500 men, four carriers, a cruiser, & 332 aircrafts. The American forces lost 307 men, on carrier (Yorktown), one destroyer, and 150 aircrafts. -
Fort Stevens, Oregon
Japanese submarines attack the military depot Fort Stevens in Oregon. This is the first attack on the U.S. mainland -
Guadalcanal
American forces go in the offensive for the first time. It would take six months to gain total control of the island. Japanese expansion is finally halted. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad raged from September to November of 1942. On November 19 the Russians launch a counter attack which leads to the annihilation of the German 6the Army. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch begins with the landing of Allied troops in North Africa. The plan was to invade France of Spring 1943, and drive hard towards Berlin. -
Stalingrad Surrender
German Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad. The war in the East is beginning to turn. -
Battle of the Bismarck Sea
The battle gave the Americans control if New Guinea. This took a variable out of General MacArthur's invasion plan. -
Isoroku Yamamoto Killed
Going off an intercepted Japanese transmission U.S. P-38 pilots shoot down Admiral Yamamoto's plane killing him. Japan's favorite military leader is killed. -
Allies Take North Africa
Allies force a Axis surrender in Tunisia North Africa. Ending the Axis powers control in North Africa. -
Attu Islands
All organized Japanese resistance ends in the Attu Islands, Aleutians. -
Battle of Kursk
Largest tank battle in history. The Luftwaffe loses the skies over Russia for the first time -
Allied Forces land in Sicily
Allied forces land in Sicily and take control of the Mediterranean. The expected time to take Italy would be 38 days to secure. -
Benito Mussolini
Fascist Grand Council in Italy pass a vote of no confidence against Mussolini. He is arrested; Marshall law is declared the next day. -
Italy Surrenders
Italy accepts the Allies terms of surrender. German troops move in to gain control of the country. -
Italy
Italy declares war against Germany. -
Battle of Berlin
Bombing of Berlin Germany begins. This will continue until March 24, 1944. -
Tarawa Secured
Tarawa is secured with huge losses. It would take ten days to compile the casualty list. The total is as much as six months worth of fighting at Guadalcanal. -
Operation Market Garden
The largest airborne Allied mission and the most disastrous. Designed the drive into the Ruhr Valley by capturing bridges and ending the war in weeks. It was a huge failure by the end of the operation 17 thousand Briton, Canadian, American, & Polish are killed, wounded, or captured. -
Monte Cassino
After a bombing Polish troops were eager to retake there country. They take the ruined Monastery and the positions around it. The Germans fall back and Monte Cassino, Poland is taken by the Allies. -
D-Day
Just after midnight the first of 24,000 paratroopers flew in over the channel in more than 1,000 aircrafts; they are dropped behind enemy lines. More than 5,300 carrying more than 170,000 men stream across the channel. Allied forces panned to have five landings across the 45 mile long coast line of Normandy. At the end of the day the Allies were victorious with 2,500 American soldiers dead on French soil. -
Battle of the Phillipine Sea
The battle took place of the shore if Saipains which is defended by 30,000 Japanese troops. An American carrier plane had 270 kills and a loss of 29. A submarine claimed two carriers. This one sided battle is known as "Great Mariana's Turkey Shoot." -
Saipan Secured
On July 7, 1944 the Japanese launched the biggest and the last banzai charge of the pacific war. They sent 3,000 Japanese soldiers straight into the American lines. On July 10 Saipan was officially secure. It took four weeks of fighting and 16,525 American soldiers dead, MIA, or wounded; and also took the lives of almost 30,000 Japanese soldiers. -
Saipan Secured
On July 7, 1944 the Japanese launched the biggest and the last banzai charge of the pacific war. They sent 3,000 Japanese soldiers straight into the American lines. On July 10 Saipan was officially secure. It took four weeks of fighting and 16,525 American soldiers dead, MIA, or wounded; and also took the lives of almost 30,000 Japanese soldiers. -
Allies Push North
American and French forces land in Southern France and begin to press northward hard. The Germans reluctantly begin retreating towards Germany. Allied forces caught the Germans near the town of Falasie. For three days the Alliedmforces just fired into the retreating Germans forces from the ground and air. 80,000 Germans ran the gauntlet and at least 10,000 of them died. -
General Dwight Eisenhower
General Eisenhower is given control of the whole Allie d forces in Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
After firing upon American forces for about an hour the German forces emerged out of the dense fog that surrounded the forest. Low on ammo, surrounded, & out numbered more than 10,000 American Troops surrender. -
Iwo Jima
After 72 days of shelling Allied forces land on Iwo Jima to capture the Japanese airfield. The fighting lasted a month; 6,821 Americans die. -
Japan Fire Bombings
334 American B-29s soars over Tokyo and dropped thousands of napalm bombs. In the next ten days dropped bombs on Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya. -
Taking Okinawa
Allies had to take Okinawa before they could take the Japanese home islands. The Allies gathered 1,500 ships and more then half a million men. The Japanese lost 92,000 soldiers while the Allies lost more than 12,000 men. -
Germany Cut in Half
U.S. And soviet forces meet up at Torgau, on the Elbe River; this cuts Germany in half -
Russians Fight to the Reichstag
On April 26, 1945 Soviet forces entered Berlin. Four days later the Russian fight there way into the Reichstag which is a symbol of German power. Hitler commits suicide in a bunker. -
Surrender
Germany surrenders & the Third Reich falls. -
Atomic Bombing
Allied forces drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Japan still refuses surrender. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
A second atomic bomb is dropped on the city of Nagasaki by the Allied Forces. That night Japan agree amongst themselves to surrender. -
Surrender
Japan agrees to unconditional surrender terms.
