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Japanese Trade Embargo
America cuts off trade with Japan to stop funding them for the war against China -
D-Day
General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France. The armies fought their way through France and Belgium and into Germany while Russian troops fought from the east. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered to the U.S. -
Operation Barbarosa
Code name for Germany's invasion of the soviet union. Over 4.5 million troops invaded the soviet union along a 1,800 mile front. -
Leningrad Blockade
Failed attempt by the Germans to capture the city of leningrad from the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor
On Dec. 7th, 1941 Japan attacks the U.S Pacific Fleet at pearl harbor, shutting down Americas pacific coast operations -
Battle of Guadalcanal
A battle fought to prevent Japanese forces from adding new strategically important airfields to their base systems around the island of Guadalcanal. -
Stalingrad Battle
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943. It was among the largest on the Eastern Front and was marked by its brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties. It was amongst the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare with the higher estimates of combined casualties. -
Invasion of Sicily
The Allied invasion of Sicily was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Nazi Germany and Italy. It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. It launched the Italian Campaign. It began on the night of July 9th, 1943. Strategically, it achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners. The Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces from the island. -
Battle of Monte Cassino
In the beginning of 1944, the western half of the Winter Line was being anchored by Germans holding the Rapido, Liri and Garigliano valleys and certain surrounding peaks and ridges, together known as the Gustav Line. The Germans had not occupied the historic hilltop abbey of Monte Cassino and which dominated the town of Cassino and the entrances to the Liri and Rapido valleys, although they manned defensive positions set into the steep slopes below the abbey walls. -
Invasion of Anzio
During the Italian Campaign of World War II, was an Allied amphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. The operation was commanded by Major General John P. Lucas and was intended to outflank German forces of the Winter Line and enable an attack on Rome. The resulting combat is commonly called the Battle of Anzio. -
Normandy Invasion
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II. The invasion was the largest amphibious operation in history. This article covers from the initial landings on 6 June 1944, until the time of the Allied breakout in late July. Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on 6 June came from Canada, the Free French Forces, the United Kingdom, and the United States. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major german attack near the end or world war 2 in Belgium -
Battle of Berlin
The Soviet Union along with Polish forces, attempt to capture the German capital of Berlin. During this battle, Adolf Hitler had commited suicide. -
Hiroshima bombing
The Japanese fought on even after the war in Europe ended. Truman decided to use the newly developed atomic bomb to end the war quickly and prevent more U.S. casualties. Killng about 78,000 people and injuring 100,000 more -
Nagasaki Boming
Truman decides to drop second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing another 40,000 people