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Hitler Invades Poland
The German-Soviet Pact in August, 1939, enabled Germany to attack Poland without reconsidering the Soviet intervention. -
Fall of the Philippines
The Philippine’s Resistance led to the fall of Bataan -
Pearl Harbor
Cause of America entering the war -
Doolittle’s Raid
The first air strike on the Japanese Homelands -
Battle of Coral Sea
The alliances stopped the Japanese advance for the first time -
Battle of Midway
The Imperial Japanese Navy across the Pacific was stopped and never restarted -
Guadalcanal
The first major offensive against Japan -
Operation Torch
Introduction of of American forces into the European theater against Germans from North Africa. (successful invasion) -
Casablanca Conference
Meeting between U.S. President Franklin R. and British Prime Minister Winston C. -
Invasion of Sicily
(Code named Husky) major campaign of WWII. Allies took island of Sicily from Italy and Nazi Germany -
Italy Surrenders
One month after Italy surrenders allied forces, it declared war on Nazi Germany -
D-Day
WWII one of the most largest military operation which involved water landing by the allies in France -
Battle of the Bulge
American, British, and Canadian soldiers fought German troops -
Yalta Conference
U.S. President Franklin R., British Prime Minister C. , and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world -
Iwo Jima
One of the bloodiest battles of the war -
Okinawa
It was an example of how dangerous taking over Japan’s mainland would be -
Fall of Berlin
It was the last major battle of Europe during WWII. Resulted as surrender of Germany army and the end of Hitler’s rules -
V- E Day
United States agreed on a “Europe first” strategy: concentrate on defeating Germany, Italy and their satellites -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
It was intended to force Japan to surrender -
V-J Day
Japan surrendered causing the war to end
