Unit 7 (1890-1945)

  • Nazi Germany Invaded Poland

    Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
    Germany invading poland starting war
  • Sitzkrieg

    Sitzkrieg
    phony war, "sitting war" Germany giving them time to back down
  • Manhhattan Project

    Manhhattan Project
    research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons
  • France Fell To Germany

    France Fell To Germany
    France surrender to german
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    Second World War defense of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force
  • Destroyers for Bases Deal

    Destroyers for Bases Deal
    us gave destroyers to Britain for a military base
  • America First Committee Launched

    America First Committee Launched
    isolationist against joining the war
  • Congress Instituted the Draft

    Congress Instituted the Draft
    first peacetime draft in the history of the United States
  • Four Freedoms

    Four Freedoms
    Freedoms made by FDR during his State of the Union speech
  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
    FDR let GB buy arms on credit
  • USS Kearny Attacked

    USS Kearny Attacked
    Attacked by German U-boats, USS Kearny was a US marine boat
  • Reuben James Sunk

    Reuben James Sunk
    first US Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the eastern hemisphere of World War 2
  • Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks pearl harbor, because us cut them off from oil
    Bringing us into war
  • Battle of Bataan

    Battle of Bataan
    Japanese Army and Navy invaded several islands in the Philippines
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March
    forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war
  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    strategy to capture the Pacific islands one by one, advancing towards Japan
  • Battle of Coral Sea

    Battle of Coral Sea
    first air-sea battle in history, fight between the Japanese and United States/Australia
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    most important battle in the Pacific ultimately being the turning point of World War 2 for the United States.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    major battle on the Eastern Front in which Nazi Germany fought the Soviet Union for the city
  • Battle of Alamein

    Battle of Alamein
    North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army.
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials
    trials to convict nazis
  • Casablanca Conference

    Casablanca Conference
    meeting between US and GB leaders
  • The Tehran Conference

    The Tehran Conference
    Meeting between the big three
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    storming of Normandy by Allied Forces
  • MacArthur Returned to the Philippines

    MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
    MacArthur reached the Philippine Island of Lethe and made a broadcast declaring ḧe's home.
  • FDR Elected to 4th Term

    FDR Elected to 4th Term
    voted for the fourth term FDR, only president to have
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    bloodiest battle of the Pacific War which was also the last and biggest of the Pacific island battles.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Big three meet in Russia
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    Major battle when the U.S. Marines captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
  • FDR Dies / Harry Truman becomes president

    FDR Dies / Harry Truman becomes president
    FDR dies, and Truman is sworn into office
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    Victory in Europe Day- formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
  • Postsdam Conference

    Postsdam Conference
    Big three meet to negotiate end of WWII
    Truman not FDR
  • Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima

    Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima
    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
    first nuke used
  • Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki

    Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
    Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
    end of war
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    news of japan surrendering is released
  • Japanese War Crime Trials

    Japanese War Crime Trials
    Trial used to try leaders of japan