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Battle of the Atlantic
The German U-boats were sinking unprotected U.S and other allies boats, after they were being sinked the allies started using convoys to protect thier boats. Allies would use sonar systems to detect German U-boats. The Germans were sucsessful at first then the allies gained upper hand by mid 1943. -
Pearl Harbour Continue
Sunday morning, the U.S military was taken off guard, then 2 full blown attacks happened on Pearl Harbour. 2,400 U.S military and people lost their lives, 1,178 U.S. military and people injured and 18 ships and 350 planes sunk or damaged. -
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Battle of the Coral Sea
The Jaenese were taking over the Pacific and winning every battle. The U.S and Australia stopped Japan from invading. Japan won the actual battle but the allies managed to stop Japan from invation for the first time. The U.s started using the island hopping technique to weaken Japan's forces. -
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Battle of Midway
Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code. The U.S launched a surprise attack on Japan at a Pacific island. The U.S was successful in the battle of Midway. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Germans violated nonaggression pact with Sovient Union then attacked. Hitler wanted to capture all the Soivnet oil fields. Germans basically won because they controlled 9/10 of the city. -
Normandy Invastion (D-Day)
Soviet union was pushing into Poland while allies were pushing North in Italy. Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton influential in leading an attack. 150,000 Allie troops had invaded. -
Normandy Invastion Continued
60 mile stretch of beach, 156,000 troops, 600 warships, 4,000 landing craft and 11,000 planes. It was the largest land-sea-air operation in history. -
Normandy Invastion Continue
The battle continued, within one month, a million more people became troops. In September 1944, France was freed from Nazi control. -
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Battle of the Bulge
The German tanks broke through American lines. They fought in Belgium, Germany was trying to capture Antwerp. It was a very brutal war, one of the most extensive of U.S military. -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met in Yalta in the Soviet Union. They discussed post WWII. They then set up the united nations. -
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Iwo Jima
27,000 Japenese had held Iwo Jima and the U.S won. 26,800 Japenese troops died and 6,000 U.S marienes died. -
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Battle of Okinawa
It was Japans last defensive stronghold, Japan used 1,900 kamikaze attacks. 110,000 Japenese troops died and 7,600-12,500 U.S troops died. The U.S won. -
Yalta "the big 3"
Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away at the begging of his 4th term of being president. After the death of Franklin Roosevelt, the U.S went through a major greiving period. Harry S. Truman, the vice president took over the role of being president. -
The end of Hitler
Hitler an Eva Braun commit suicide. -
V-E Day
General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the third Reich. V.E Day stands for Victory in Europe Day. The first part of war was over. -
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Potsdam
Truman, Churchill and then Clement Atlee and Stalin met in Potsdam, Germany to draw up a blueprint to disarm Germany and eliminate the Nazis -
V-J Day
Japan had offered unconditional surrender. -
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U.S Occupation of Japan
Similar trials were held for Japenese war criminals. 7 out of 28 leaders were found guilty and were sentenced to death. -
V-J Day
V-J Day stands for Victory in Japan day. It was a formal surrender. -
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Nuremberg Trials
International tribunal court tried Nazi officials, over 23 nations tried Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg Germany. 12 of the 22 defendents were sentenced to death.