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U-boats sink merchant vessels
The Battle of the Atlantic was a commerce war by German U-Boats against Britain’s merchant marine. For six years, Germany launched over 1,000 U-Boats into combat. It was an attempt to isolate the British Isles, therefore forcing the British out of the war. -
Battle for Britain
The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. It was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was the largest and aerial bombing campaign until that date. -
Vichy France begins
After the German's defeated France they divided their country into two sections. They were controlled by German forces and were used to help the German's in the war. This forced many of the French to other territories. -
Japan joins Axis
Japan joined the Axis for support as they planned to associate with the same govt. types as Italy and Germany. -
Hitler breaks Non-Aggression agreement and invades the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa was put into effect and German troops began to invade the Soviet Union. In weeks the Soviets lost millions, while the Germans took another million prisoneers. -
FDR approves "shoot on sight"
After the USS Greer was involved with a German Ship the FDR ordered a "Shoot on Sight" law that all Germans seen should be shot at. -
Japanese ambassadors arrive in Washington, D.C
Upon arrival of the Japanese Ambassador, the United States had already recieved news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Ambassador was instructed to destroy all official documents . -
Pearl harbor attacked
Pearl Harbor AttackedThe attack was from submarines and planes of the Japanese. The USS Arizona and Oklahoma were total losses, but many other ships were severley damaged. This officially brought the USA into the War. -
Germany and Italy declare war on US
Four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. -
MacArthur promises to return
He was forced to leave the philippines but he promised to return to help them. -
Bataan death march
The Bataan Death March took place in the Philippines. The march, involved the transfer of 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. They were going from the Bataan peninsula to prison camps. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Coral Sea The battle of Coral sea was a major naval battle between the Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. Was the first complete naval battle. The battle was the first in which aircraft carriers engaged each other. It was also the first naval battle in history which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon the other. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway is widely known as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The United States Navy defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll, causing damage on the Japanese. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Was fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal. The campaign was the first major offensive launched by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. On August 7, 1942, Allied forces, predominantly American, landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida (Nggela Sule) in the southern Solomon Islands with the objective of denying their use by -
General Eisenhower and his forces land in North Africa
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign. -
End of Battle of Stalingrad
The battle between Germany and the Soviet Union was for the city of Stalingrad in Southwestern Russia. -
Sicily falls
The fall of Sicily, also called Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign. The Allies took Sicily from the Axis (Italy and Nazi Germany). The Allies drove Axis air and naval forces from the island. The idea of Eisenhower had was to take away an Axis base and to open up shipping in the Mediterranean. It opened the way to the Allied invasion of Italy. -
Rome Falls
The first of the Axis Powers was defeated as Allied Troops went into the city of Rome. The Allies were greeted by people screaming for joy as their city had been liberated. -
D-Day
D-Day Took place in Normandy, France. The day which the Allied forces invaded France during World War II. The object of the attack was to win a beachhead in France in order to open a second front against Hitler's armies and to fight Nazi Germany and gain control of France. The overall commander was the supreme allied commandor General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike). The outcome was important because the allied forces came out on top of the Axis powers. -
MacArthur Returns
After being removed from the Phillipines, he made his promise of "I shall Return". He returned to restore the Phillipines and force the enemies out. -
Kamikaze attacks begin
The Japanese first used suicide attacks on warships in the Allied fleet.The first ship to be hit was HMAS "Australia" which was damaged on October 21. -
Battle of the Bulge
Happened in the Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France border. A last attempt by Hitler to split the Allies in two in their drive towards Germany and destroy their ability to supply themselves. It was important because it was the last push by the Germans and their defeat was failure and they ended up wasting time, supplies and troops. -
US flag raised on Mt. Suribachi
The raising of the American Flag on Iwa Jima symbolized all but the end of the battle of Iwa Jima. Colonel Chandler Johnson gave the small flag to troops to fly on the summit of the mtn. -
Okinawa taken
The Battle of Okinawa, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa.The capture of Okinawa was part the plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. It was known to be the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. -
Truman becomes president
Truman became president upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Hitler commits suicide
The cause of the death of Hitler on was suicide by a gunshot and cyanide poisoning. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, this is when the World War II Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima After an order from Truman the United States dropped the an atomic bomb on the City of Hiroshima. It was the first atomic bomb ever used in war, killing 100,000 people. -
Nagasaki
The U.S dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city. This was the second Atomic Bomb dropped in Japan, the second and last in the history of war. -
V-J Day
This was the day the Allies announced the surrender of Japan. The formal surrender took place on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2nd. -
Formal surrender of Japan
Ceremonies took place on board the battleship USS Missouri, anchored with other United States' and British ships in Tokyo Bay.
