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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because Japan tried to take an empire, the United States expressed great disapproval, eventually ending trade with Japan after Japan took Vietnam in 1941. By ending trade with Japan, the US cut off Japan's supply of oil and iron. -
U.S. and Britain join forces
Roosevelt and Churchill met 2 days after Pearl Harbor and decided to join forces. -
War Plans
Churchill convinced Roosevelt to strike first against Hitler and then take on the Pacific. -
Battle of the Atlantic
Germans sank 87 ships off the Atlantic shore. It lasted as long as the war. -
Doolittle's Raid
Allies were against the Japanese. Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle led bombers to attack Tokyo. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Allies in Pacific were Americans and Australians. A 5 day battle stopped the Japanese from going and attacking Australia. Fighting was done by airplanes and not surface ships. Since Pearl Harbor, this was the only time the Japanese had been stopped. -
The Battle of Midway
The allies stopped Japans invasion once again. Americans broke the Japanese code and figured out that Midway was their target. Americans sent torpedo planes and dive bombers to attack. After the attack, the Japanese ended up losing a lot of aircraft. Allied forces moved closer to Japan. -
Battle of Stalingrad
With the help of the winter, the Germans were finally defeated by the Soviet Union. -
North African Front
Dwight Eisenhower was chasing General Erwin Rommel across the North African front. After months of heavy fighting, Rommel surrendered. -
The Italian Campaign
Hitler was trying to keep the fighting in Italy rather than Germany. -
D-Day
Allies made the Germans believe there was going to be an attack at Calais, when in reality Allies were planning a surprise attack on German troops. Retaliation from Germans was brutal. -
Liberation of Death Camps
Soviet troops stumbled upon one of the Nazis death camps, leaving the Nazis no time to cover up their crime. -
Battle of the Bulge
After Allies captured Aachen, Hitler ordered his troops to break through Allied lines. Germans lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks and assault guns and 1,600 planes. -
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Yalta Conference
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Yalta Conference
Was a conference discussing the fate of Germany and the postwar world between the three leaders, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. -
Iwo Jima
Allies went to Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was critical to America because it was a base. It had a lot of Japanese defenders. More than 6,000 marines died and only 200 Japanese lived. -
The Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa was invaded by the U.S. marines. It ended on June 21, 1945, and 7,600 Americans had died. -
Roosevelt's Death
President Roosevelt had a stroke and died while posing for a portrait. Harry S. Truman became nation's 33rd president. -
Unconditional Surrender
Soviet army stormed Berlin. Hitler and his new wife committed suicide to avoid capitulation. Allies celebrated V-E Day- Victory in Europe Day. War in Europe ended. -
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was led by General Leslie Groves and an American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer. The project’s purpose was the develop an atomic bomb that would be the best-kept secret of the entire war. 600,000 Americans were involved in the project. The first testing of the project was a success. -
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The Occupation of Japan
Japan was occupied by U.S. forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur reshaped Japan’s economy in many different ways in 7 years. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
An atomic bomb was released over Hiroshima, which is an important Japanese military center. It took a total of 43 seconds to collapse almost every building in the city. Hiroshima would not surrender. 3 days after that, Nagasaki was bombed by a second bomb. -
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Nuremberg Trails
The Nuremberg Trials was when the Allies discovered Hitler’s death camps and put 24 Nazi leaders on trial for the crimes against humanity. The trails were held in the southern German town of Nuremberg.
