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The invasion of Poland marked the beginning of World War ll. The Blitzkrieg was to make it a quick war attack. -
Britain declared war to defend Europe and to protect Britain's position in the world. -
Germans pushing their military in Belgium was intended to bring the Armies into positions in Belgium so they could invade France. -
The Durkirk escape was a big boost to British morale. Saving over 338,000 British and French soldiers -
The Battle of Britain kept the German's materials for war focused on Britain, encouraged British people to look for the end of the war, and showed that the Nazis were vulnerable. -
This act required men between the ages of 21-45 to get drafted into the war. -
This act made a system that allowed the U.S. to lend war supplies to any nation's need. Essential to the defense of the United States. -
This attack was a military surprise strike by the Japanese Navy Air Service on the U.S. against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor forced the U.S. to join the war to put an end to it. -
They declared war in response to the latter's declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor 4 days later. -
A U.S. fleet turned back a Japanese invasion that had been heading for Port Moresby. -
The U.S. Navy cut off a Japanese invasion going to Midway Island, accomplishing a victory and resulting in the turning point of the war in the Pacific. -
Roosevelt's purpose to invade North Africa was to ease the pressure on the Soviet armies and check the threatened advance of German power into the Middle East. -
The fall of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and the surrender of the Italian government. -
If the invasion was successful it would drain the German's resources and block access to military sites. -
The camps separated the men from the women. Where they would either be gunned down, burned alive, or put into a gas chamber. -
The Bulge was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in World War II. -
The conference was the WW II meeting of the governments of the U.S., U.K., & the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar structure of Germany and Europe. -
On May 8th, they celebrated around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe. -
The U.S. wanted to force a quick surrender by Japan to reduce the number of American lives lost. Which wasn't the only bomb dropped. -
This was the 2nd bomb dropped on Japan. Which killed about 129,000 and 226,000 people in Japan. -
September 2nd would officially be celebrated in the U.S. on the day were documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to show the war ended.