Ww2

Michael Yousif: WWII

  • Anschluss of Austria

    Anschluss of Austria

    Union of Austria to Germany orchestrated by Adolf Hitler.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    British and French convinced the Czechs to give up Sudentenland to appease Adolf Hitler.
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Bound Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relations. Pact was based not on friendship or respect but on mutual need
  • Hitler launches blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium

    Hitler launches blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium

    Blitzkrieg utilized improved tank and airpower technonlogy o strike a devastating blow against the enemy
  • Operation Sea-Lion and blitz on London /September

    Operation Sea-Lion and blitz on London /September

    Invasion of Britian. German bombers began bombing Britian
  • Hitler enacts operation Barbarossa

    Hitler enacts operation Barbarossa

    Germany invades Soviet Russia and nullified the Nazi-Soviet Pact
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    A surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japenese airplanes bombed the American fleet
  • Japan loses the battle of the Coral Sea (island hoppping campaign)

    Japan loses the battle of the Coral Sea (island hoppping campaign)

    Five day battle in which attacks were carried out by the planes launched from airplane carriers
  • The "Big 3" meet

    The "Big 3" meet

    Agreement between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to focus on finishng the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia.
  • Yalta conference

    Yalta conference

    As Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin planned strategy in an atmosphere of distrust. They agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan within 3 months of Germanys surrender in return promising Stalin possession of theSouthern Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, and an accupation zone in Korea.
  • D-day assault

    D-day assault

    Invasion of France by the allies: troops fought thier way through the beaches of Nomrandy. Air explosives and machine gun fire began to advance towards paris.
  • Charter of United Nations

    Charter of United Nations

    50 delegates from different nations came to together to create the United Nations
  • V-E day

    V-E day

    The official day that war in Europe ended when Germany surrendered
  • Manhattan Project/ Truman warns Japan to surrender

    Manhattan Project/ Truman warns Japan to surrender

    The race between Japan and U.S. to harness the atmoic bomb. Truman sent warning to Japan to surrender or face complete destructuction
  • U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki /9

    U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki /9

    American plane dropped on Hiroshima an atomic bomb. The day after the S.U daclared war on Japan, the U.S. dropped a 2nd atomic bomb on nagasaki
  • Truman Doctrine adopted

    Truman Doctrine adopted

    Truman doctrine was made to slow down communism
  • Marshall Plan enacted

    Marshall Plan enacted

    Helped to rebuild Europe
  • The division of Germany

    The division of Germany

    Half of Germany was controlled by the U.S. and different countries while the other half was controlled by Russia
  • NATO signed

    NATO signed

    NATO was made and is the allies in WWII
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    Russian equivalent to NATO