WW2

  • Mussolini's Assasination

    Mussolini's Assasination

    The bullett used to try to assisinate him,missede his head and passed his nose
  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

    Hitler tortured and killed millions of Jews
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    Hitler wanted to take over lost territory
  • German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    A new military tactic
  • Stalin Attacks Finland

    Stalin Attacks Finland

    Planned for a long time and Stalin failed
  • Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britian

    Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britian

    Most dominant figure in British politics
  • Germany attacks France

    Germany attacks France

    France signed an armistice
  • Battle Of Britian

    Battle Of Britian

    Struggle between German Luftwaffe and British Royal Airforce
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act

    Promoted the defense of the United States
  • Hitler takes over Balkans

    Hitler takes over Balkans

    Hitker wanted to expand the amount of space he needed to invade the USSR
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombed the US bringing them into the war
  • Formation of the UN

    Formation of the UN

    The Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations
  • Japanese internment camps

    Japanese internment camps

    A camp where you were forced to evacuate your house within 48 hours
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    One of the the most decisive battles of WW2
  • Battle of Stlanigrad

    Battle of Stlanigrad

    Considered to be the turning point in WW2
  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    Opponents suffered high losses in aircraft and ships
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

    Fought in the deserts of North Africa
  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

    Coordinated muilitary startegy against Germany and Japan
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    156,000 forces came together to battle
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Talked about future decisions regarding the war
  • F.D.R's Death

    F.D.R's Death

    Had brain hemmorage that killed him in minutes
  • Hitler's Suicide

    Hitler's Suicide

    Commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    Discussed post-war arrangements
  • Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    US bombed them and flattened their land. Killed tens of thousands of civillians
  • McArthur's plan for Japan

    McArthur's plan for Japan

    McArthur and his staff worked to rebuild the country
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials

    13 trials carried out in Nuremberg and they were crimes against peace and crimes against humanity
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Intended to rebuild the economies and spirits of western Europe