-
Period: to
World War II
The Second World War that envolved two sides: the Axis Powers and the Allies. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the largest U.S. naval base. -
Period: to
U.S.A. in WWII
The United States involvement in World War II -
The U.S. and Britain Join Forces
After Pearl Harbor the U.S. and Britain made an alliance -
War Plans
Prme Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt created a war plan to strike Europe first then the Pacific -
Period: to
The Battle of the Atlantic
The battle during WWII between the Allies and Axis Powers in the Atlantic Ocean -
Doolittle's Raid
Lieutenant ColoneJames Doolittle led 16 bombers in the attack on Tokyo. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Coral Sea was a major naval battle in the Pacific. It was between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
Americans sent torpedo planes down on Japanese territory. The Japanese lost 4 air crast carriers, 1 cruiser and 250 planes. -
Period: to
The Battle of Stalingard
A battle in Stalingard, Russia where the U.S.S.R. was able to defeat the Nazis from taking a vital city -
Period: to
The North African Front
The "second front" in Western Europe where the Allies took North Africa from the Axis Powers. This was a major victory for the Allies. -
Turning Point in the Atlantic War
The Battle of the Atlantic had turned because with the help of radar the Allies were able to find the German U-boats. -
Period: to
The Italian Campaign
The Allied forces fighting against the Axis Powers in Italy. Hitler was determined to keep the Allies out of Germany. Even with Mussolini's demotion and arrest fighting in Italy continued until the war was over. -
D-DAY
This was the day when the Allied troops invaded Germany-controlled France in Normandy. -
Liberation of the Death Camps
The Soviet army pushed westward across Poland to Berlin and came upon a death camp called Majdanek. The Nazi SS guards tried to cover upon their monsterous crimes but ran out of time and the Soviets saw thousands of prisoners barley alive as well as the worldest largest crematorium. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler sent his troops to recapture the Belgian port of Antwerp and he hoped that this would demoralize his the Allies. German tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory creating a bulge in a last effort attempt to turn the war in their favor. However, this month long battle resulted badly for the Germans causing them to lose many men, guns, tanks, and planes. -
Period: to
Yalta Conference
At this conference three leaders dicussed the fate of germany and the postwar world. -
Period: to
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima is critical to the U.S. as a base from which heavily loaded bombers might reach Japan. -
Roosevelt's Death
President Roosevelt did not get to see V-E Day. He had a stroke and died. Vice President Harry S. Truman became the nation's 33rd president. -
V-E DAY
The Allies celebrated V-E Day which stands for victory in Europe. The war in Europe was finally over -
Battle of Okinawa
The Japanese unleashed more then 1,900 kamikaze attacks on the Allies during the Okinawa campaign, sinking 30 ships, damaging more than more, and killing more then 5,000 seamen. -
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was the development of the atomic bomb. -
Hiroshima and Nagaski
A B-29 bomber named Enola Gray released an atomic bomb, code named Little Boy, over Hiroshima, an important Japanese Military center. Three days later a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, leveling half the city. -
Period: to
Occupation of Japan
The Occupation period was when Japanese soldiers and civilians from abroad were repatriated to Japan, arms industries were dismantled, and political prisoners were released. -
Period: to
Nuremberg Trials
At the end of this trial 12 of the defendants were sentenced to death, and most of the remaining were sent to prison. In later trials of lesser leaders, nearly 200 more Nazis were found guilty of war crimes.
