World War 2

By katie_thomas

  • Hitler Comes to Power

    Adolf Hitler became dictator of Germany.

  • The Manhattan Project

    The project established to culminate the development of the nuclear bomb.

  • Battle of Britain

    July-September. Battle between the German and the British, Hitler was at his strongest point in the war at this time.

  • The Final Solution

    Hitler and the Nazi's plan for the extermination of the Jewish race during the Holocaust.

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii causing the United States to join World War 2

  • The Bataan Death March

    90,000-100,000 American and Filipino prisoners captured by the Japanese marched for 62 miles and only around 54,000 survived.

  • Doolittle Raid

    United States air attack on Japan

  • Stalingrad

    Winter 1942-1943. Said to be the turning point of World War 2. Russia had put Germany to shame, Hitler demanded a day of mourning for the shame, not all of the men killed in battle.

  • D-Day (Normandy)

    Largest seaborne invasion in history

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    February 19-March 26, 1945. The United States captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan.