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Hitler invades Poland
At 4:45 a.m. 1.5 million German troops invaded Poland. They bombed the polish airbases and the german U boats attacked the Polish navy. This what started World War ll. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl harbor took place in Pearl,Harbor Hawaii on December 7, 1941. This was a surprise attack by the Japanese to take out the American fleet of ships in the Pacific. It also triggered the U.S to fight in World War ll. -
Fall of the Philippines
On December 8,1941 the Japanese attacked the U.S air bases in the Philippines. This lasted 105 days. On April 9,1942 the U.S forces in the philippines surrendered. This is significance is the U.S lost quite a few air bases to the Japanese -
Doolittle’s raid
On April 18, 1942 16 American B-25 bombers took off from an aircraft carrier commanded by James H. Doolittle attacked the Japanese mainland. Although it did little real damage it hurts Japan’s prestige. The significance is that the Japanese reconsidered their tactics because of the Americans had attacked the heart of the Japanese empire. The Americans left the Japanese shaken. They hit the Japanese in thre capital of Tokyo. -
Battle of Coral Sea
This was a four day battle in the May of 1942. This battle is significant because it was the first air sea battle ever. The Japanese were seeking an invasion on the Coral Sea but their messages were intercepted by the allies. As soon as the Japanese landed American planes and aircraft carriers attacked. The Japanese were far outnumbered. The allies won. -
Battle of Midway
The significance of winning this battle is the Americans could finally go onto the offensive thanks to the great advances in code breaking. The U.S were outnumbered at this battle 2:1. Yet they managed to sink all four aircraft carriers. This proved that America could keep up in war and now America was on the offensive in the Pacific. Thsi took from June 3, to June 7, in 1942. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The significance of this battle is that this is the first offensive attack on the Japanese by the Americans and it was a victory. The Marines launched a surprise attack on the Japenese located at the Solomon Islands. The battle started in August of 1942 and the Marines took control of an airbase that was under construction. This battle resulted in high casualties for the Japanese. The battle ended Febuary 9,1943. -
Operation Torch
It was the British and American invasion on French North Africa. They did this in order to increase naval control in the mediterranean sea. This would definetley help the allied powers. This took place from November 8, 1942 to November 10, 1942. -
Casablanca Confrence
The Casablanca Confrence was a meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the city of Casablanca, Morrocco an it took place from January 14 to the 24 1943. The most siginificant thing was the developments at the Conference were the finalization of Allied strategic plans against the Axis powers in 1943. -
Invasion of Sicly
The allied forces were hoping to go under Italy and force them up towards Germany so they could fight the Germans and Italians at the same time. After 38 days of fighting, the U.S. and Great Britain drove German and Italian troops from Sicily and prepared to attack the Italian mainland. This took place at July 9, 1943 to August 17, 1943. -
Italy Surrenders
Italy has signed an unconditional armistice with Allies. This helped the Allies because now they were less spread out and could concentrate on Germany in Europe. Mussolini the Italian Dictator took a formal surrender on September 8,1943. -
D- Day
The name of this attack was operation overlor. The battle began june 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when 156,000 Americans, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a heavily fortified coast of france's normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Lots of Candadians and Americans died about 9,000. thsi was the single biggest amphibous invasion ever. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launch the last major offensive of the war. The battle of the bulge. They called it this because the German created a “bulge’’ around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line. What is significant is it was the biggest battle on the western front. This battle took place from December 16,1944 to January 25,1945. -
Yalta Confrence
This was the second meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At this meeting they came up with the demands of Germany's unconditional surrender . They also began plans for post world war. This was significant because all three of the major Allies decided what would happen after the war. This confrence took place from Febuary 4, to Febuary 11, 1945. -
battle of iwo jima
The Americans needed a base to get closer to the Japanese coast. This was an amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima. The marines landed on the island in February of 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese troops but all the Japanese troops were wiped out within a month. The significance is the Americans had a major base closer to the Japanese coast. This battle ended March 26,1945. -
Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa was last of the biggest island battles. It took place on April 1 to june 22, 1945. There were 287,000 U.S troop and 130,000 Japanese soldiers. Japan had suffered 70,000 casualties while the U.S had about 65,000. This battle was significant because the stakes were vital air bases that were needed to win the war and invade Japan. -
Fall of Berlin
The Fall of Berlin wasa very bloody battle. Many civilians and soldiers died. This is where the allied powers over took many German forces. They had the Germans surrounded including Hitler. German soldiers set up defensive areas across a small 10 mile long front for their ultimate "last stand". Then Hitler said a last speech to his supporters and killed homself. This took place from April 16,1945 to May 2,1945. -
V-E Day
Is the day German forces surrenders and it marks the day the war ends and the Allies in Europe win. The Allies accepted Germanys surrender. Even though Germany surrendered Japan was still fighting the Americans and the Allies. -
atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki
This is significant because on August 6,1945 The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima also an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later. 90 percent of Hiroshima was killed instantly. This is also significant because it was the first time the atomic bomb was used. It caused the Japanese to surrender on August 15, 1945. -
V-J Day
This day is significant because Japan surrendered to the Allies on August 14, 1945. This ended World War ll. This day is known as victory over Japan day. Also it has been celebrated on September 2, 1945 when Japan took a formal surrender in Tokyo bay on the U.S.S. Missouri.
