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Invasion of Poland
Germany invades Poland from the north, south, and west. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan sends over planes to bomb the U.S. in Hawaii. -
Churchill & Roosevelt Conference
Churchill and Roosevelt sit down and discuss war plans. -
Bataan Death March
Largest U.S. surrender, Douglas MacAruthur promised to return. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Defensive voctory for America, we protected Australia from Japan. -
Battle of Midway
Breaking the Japanese Code helped America win this battle, this is the turning point in the war. -
Battle of the Atlantic
681 Allied ships were destroyed by German wolf packs. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Last German offensive battle in the east. Major industrialized center in the Volga River. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
First offensive battle for the U.S. -
D-Day
Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle takes place in the Pacific and Japan uses a new weapon called the kamikaze attack. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans created a large bulge in Allied lines, but the offensive eventually failed. -
Battle of Imo Jima
The American flag was raised on top of Mount Surbachi. -
Firestorm Raid of Tokyo
Bomb Tokyo with B-29 bombers, killed nearly 84,000 people. -
Battle of Okinawa
Largest and bloodiest battle in the Pacific because the U.S. is getting closer and closer to the home-island of Japan. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day. The day the formal acceptance of by the Allies of World War II. -
Hiroshima Bombing
First city attacked with an atomic bomb. -
Nagasaki Bombing
Second city to be attacked with an atomic bomb. -
Japan Surrenders, End of the War!
Japan finally surrenders and ends WWII. -
Japan Surrenders
Japanese finally surrender after their navy and air force was destroyed.
