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Mein Kampf
Hitlers speech -
Kristallnacht
anti-Jewish riots broke out across Germany.-- The "night of broken glass". -
Invasion of Poland
Marks the official start of WWII. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler breaks the nonaggression pact and attacks the Sovite Union. -
Leningrad
A prolonged military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor -
Declaration of War
Roosevelt asked congress for a declaration of War. -
executive order 9066
He was told that even though there was nothing going on, something is bound to happen because it's so suspicious. In response to warnings President Roosevelt issued Executive order 9066 . -
The Doolittle Raid
16 American bombers attacked Tokyo -
Battle of the Coral Sea
was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
Japanese wanted to capture midway -
El Alamein
allied victory secures oil shipping routes. -
Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad . -
operation torch
invasion of North Africa; first time U.S. troops see action. -
Invasion of Sicily
After the attack began Roosevelt and Churchill sent a message to the Italian people asking them "whether they want to die for Mussolini and Hitler or live for Italy and civilization". The italians chose life. -
D- Day
Invasion of Normandy, France. -
Kamikaze
(No date found) The Battle of Leyte Gulf also saw the first major use of a new Japanese weapon--the Kamikaze attack. DEVINE WIND- refers to a sudden storm that drove off a fleet preparing to invade Japan. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launched a surprise offensive of their own. This name referred to the bulge in the Allied battle lines created by the German advance. -
Storming Iwo Jima
U.S. marines stormed the beaches of the island then called Iwon Jima -
Battle of Okinawa
(Couldn't find date) 12,000 died. Japanese lost a staggering 110,000 troops in the fighting. The island of Okinawas was filled with caves and tunnels. Japanese soldiers used these skillfully to hide and launch deadly assaults. -
FDR dies
he dies suddenly, and President, Harry Truman takes over. -
V-E Day
western allies crossed the rhine -
Firestorm raid of Tokyo
No estimate can be given of the number of fire deaths, since the fire area was largely within the blast damage region. -
Soviets
soviets join the war against japan -
Nagasaki
over 40,000 killed. -
Surrender of Japan
Japan surrenders which brought the hostilities of WWII to a close.
