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Non-aggression Pact
Germany sign the nonaggression pact with the soviets, not to attack one another. They secretly agreed to invade and dive Poland. -
Battle of Britain
Germany wanted to invade Britain after taking France. Germany's plan involved destroying the British Royal Air Force and gaining control of the skies.(bombing Britain) Luckily the Germans postpones the invasion of Britain after the British lost nearly 1,000 planes. -
Atlantic Charter
In the Atlantic Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill meet on the coast of Newfoundland to discuss Britain's problems and how they hoped for Germany's defeat. This is significant to WWII because they also signed the Atlantic Charter in which they made plans for WWII whilst also strengthening their alliance. -
Battle of Midway
The most important naval battle in World War ll. The United States defeated Japan decisively and was the turning point of the war in the pacific. -
Operation Torch
The invasion of North Africa was launched to free the Mediterranean sea from German Control and protect oil fields in the Middle East. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler starved his soldiers so he had to surrender on January 31 1943. Was the true turning point of the war in Europe. it ended any realistic plans Hitler had of dominating Europe. -
Tehran Conferance
The Tehran Conference was the first meeting of the Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) at Tehran, Iran. In it, they discussed the final plan for Germany’s defeat and its allies by agreeing on the opening of a second front in Western Europe -
Operation Overload
Involved landing 21 American divisions and 26 British, Canadian, and Polish divisions on a 50 miles stretch of beaches in Normandy. A deceptive plan to make the Germans think that they were attacking Calais but instead they stormed the beaches. Resulting in D-day. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans caught the Allies by surprise, creating a bulge in the American line, and captured key towns. On December 23rd, allied bombers attacked German positions. With support the allies pushed Germany out of France. -
Yalta Conference
The big three (United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union) met in a Berlin suburb of Potsdam They made the decision to divide Germany four zones of occupation. (Soviet, America, British, and French.) -
Battle of Iwo Jima
On the 5 mile island Iwo Jima american marines faced a dug deep determined Japanese enemy resulting in 23,000 soldiers lost. In the end The Americans were able to take the island. -
Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa contained a vital air base. The invasion of Okinawa would be the most complex and costly campaign in the pacific. This battle involved half a million soldiers and cost 50,000 soldiers. -
Surrender of Germany
May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II -
Italian Campaign
The Italian Campaign was an Allied operation to capture Sicily, Italy in which American and British troops campaign and open another front, delaying direct attack on Germany. It is important to WWII because it gave the Allies complete control of the western Mediterranean and ended Mussolini's rule. -
Potsdam Conference
The third meeting between the big three. It concerned the military occupation and reconstruction of Germany, its borders, and the entire European Theater of War territory. -
Hiroshima
U.S Pilots dropped an atomic bomb at 8:15 am. Killing 344,000 residents. Causing Japanese leaders to debate weather to surrender or not. -
Nagasaki
The United States dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki killing 35,000 residents. Which continued the debate of surrendering or not. Their emperor decided to surrender.