WW2 timeline

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    world war 2

  • start of the war in the atlantic/european theater

    start of the war in the atlantic/european theater

  • battle of the atlantic

    battle of the atlantic

    by winning the battle of the atlantic europe was able to keep using it for trade. the us used it to transport weapons to europe
  • evacuation of dunkirk

    evacuation of dunkirk

    the evacuation of the allied forces from the beaches and harbor of dunkirk. if they had been captured there would have been the loss of britain's only trained troops
  • battle of britain

    battle of britain

    a successful defense by the royal airforce against the germans. it allowed them to remain free of nazi control.
  • lend/lease act

    lend/lease act

  • start of war in the pacific theater

    start of war in the pacific theater

  • US joins the war

    US joins the war

  • pearl harbor

    pearl harbor

  • bataan death march

    bataan death march

    thousands of captured american soldiers died at the hands of their Japanese captors during the march to this camp.
  • doolittle raid

    the first payback to the japanese after pearl harbor. the us ability to strike shocked japan and gave America optimism and pride
  • battle of midway

    battle of midway

    considered to be the turning point of war in the pacific. for the americans.
  • D-day

  • battle of the bulge

    battle of the bulge

    the last german attack in ww2 and the germans lost. the germans made a surprise attack and lost because they were low on supplies. and they were not used to the freezing temperatures.
  • battle of iwo jima

    battle of iwo jima

    by taking the island of iwo jima the us was able to fly bombers over japan.
  • yalta confrence

    yalta confrence

  • death of roosevelt

    death of roosevelt

  • v-e day

    v-e day

  • hiroshima

    hiroshima

  • nagasaki

    nagasaki

  • v-j day

    v-j day

  • creation of united nations

    creation of united nations