WWII Project By RCrawford87 Sep 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland (beginning of WWII) Sep 16, 1940 US poses a draft called selective service Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa code name for german attack on the Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Japan attacks US naval base Mar 4, 1942 Battle of Coral sea defending Austrailia Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March POWS on the Philippine Island General Macarthur promised he would return Apr 18, 1942 Dolittle Raid air raid by US onto toyko didnt cause much catasrophe was risky though Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway important turning point we leveled the playing field Aug 7, 1942 Battle of Guadacanal 6 month long battle us victory japan fought to the death Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Germany and Soviet Union Jun 6, 1944 D-Day American troops invade beaches of Normandy (Operation Overload) Oct 23, 1944 Battle of leyte Gulf Japan used Kamizes to cause desturction they were losing there navasl and air force was basically demolished Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge winter hitler would not give up Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin met to plan for postwar peace Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwojima japan hid in caves we won famous picture Mar 9, 1945 Firestorm Raid of Tokyo B-29 planes very deadly 84,000 people died Apr 1, 1945 battle of Okinawa most fatal on japanese home turf May 8, 1945 VE Day ( victory in Europe) Nazis surrender Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima Sep 2, 1945 VJ Day (VIctory over Japan day)
