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Battle of the Atlantic
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Battle of Britain
German and British air forces fought in the skies above the UK. It is the largest airforce operation yet. This battle marked Hitler’s forces first defeat, and was a huge turning point in the war. -
The Military Draft
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Pearl Harbor
On December 7th, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor; a military base located near Honolulu, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was attacked in order to weaken the United States defenses. -
Rationing
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Japanese Internment
The executive order known as Executive Order 9066, created by President Roosevelt, forced Japanese Americans on the west coast to move to internment camps, with Executive Order 9102 and officially ceased to exist June 30, 1946. They were targeted by this law because after pearl harbor many people thought they may be spies helping Japan. -
Invasion of Italy
The Allies decided to invade Italy in order to remove them from World War II and force the enemy troops to redirect their focus from Russia. -
D Day
The Allies invaded at Normandy, hoping to surprise Germany. D-day has come to be known as the largest air, land, and sea invasion to date. -
Mussolini’s Execution
After Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci, his mistress were captured attempting to flee from Italy to Switzerland, they were executed by Italian peasants at gunpoint. -
Hitler Committed Suicide
Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun, hid in his underground air-raid shelter, used a cyanide pill and took their own life using a pistol. -
Cold War Begins
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Berlin Airlift
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Stalin has a Heart Attack
After continuing to rein over the Soviet Union since 1924 and being responsible for anywhere between 8 and 20 million deaths, the dictator died due to a heart attack in Moscow, Russia.
