America WW2 Timeline ~ Shanon Creran

By ShayC

  • WW2 Started

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor on a Sunday morning everyone was taken off guard. 2 400 dead, 1 178 wounded,18 ships and 350 planes sunk or damaged. Huge successes in Japans eyes.

  • America declares war and Japan

    Due to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

  • Germany and Italy declare war on America

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    Battle of the Atlantic

    Germany used U-boats to sink unprotected supply ships. This worked well for Germany at first but by the 1943 the Allies started dominating. The Allies used convoys and a sensor system to protect themselves.
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    Battle of Coral Sea

    Japan won but Australia and the U.S stopped Japan from invading. after this battle the U.S started to island hopping technique.
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    Battle of Midway

    surprise attack on island Midway by US. Japan lost lost 4 carriers, 3 destroyer, 275 planes, and at least 4,800 men. Us won with a loss of 1 carrier, the Yorktown, a destroyer, about 150 planes, and 307 men.
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    Battles of Stalingrad

    Hitler hoped to capture Soviet oil fields.Germany had 9/10 of the city but still lost due to the harsh winter. Soviets lost 1 100 000 people

  • Normandy Invasion (D-Day)

    Largest land-sea-air operation in history.
    ~ 157,00 troops
    ~ 600 war ships
    ~ 11,000 planes
    ~ 4,000 landing craft
    ~ 60 mile stretch of beach
    At the end more then 425,000 Allied and German were killed, wounded and missing.
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    Battle of Bulge

    One of the most difficult battles for the Americans.Germany lost 120 000 soldiers, 600 tanks and 1 600 planes while trying to capture Antwerp, Belgium. America won with a loss of 80 000 men but it was a very close battle.

  • Yalta Conference

    "The Big 3" met in Yalta to discuss after WW2. This also started the United Nations.
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    Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima was a very important island to win for the U.S. Japan lost 26,800 Japanese troops and the U.S. lost 6,000 Marines.
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    Battle of Okinawa

    U.S won Japans last defensive attempted. Japan lost 110,000 troops and used 1 900 Kamikaze attacks. U.S lost 7,600-12,500 troops.

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt (F.D.R) is dead

    Beginning of his 4th term FDR dies, so Harry S. Truman takes over as president.

  • Hitler is Dead

    Committed suicide with his wife Eva Braun using a gun shot and cyanide.

  • V-E Day

    Victory in Europe day. 1st part of WW2 was over because General Eisenhower accepted a surrender.
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    Potsdam

    Disarm Germany, eliminate the Nazi regime, divide Germany in 4 different regions that are occupied by France, Britain, America and Soviet union. divide Berlin into Soviet Germany.

  • The first Atomic bomb "Little Boy"

    The first Atomic bomb hit Hiroshima and within 43 seconds the whole city fell to dust. Over 200 000 live were lost due to the Atomic bombs.

  • The second Atomic bomb "Fat Man"

    The second Atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki and destroyed half of the city.
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    Occupation of Japan

    The U.S. occupied Japan for 6 years. Trails were also held in Japan for Japanese war Criminals

  • WW2 Ended

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    Nuremberg Trials

    Trails were held for Nazi officials. 12 of the 22 defendants were sentenced to death. 200 other were found guilty but given a lesser sentence.