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Annexation of Sudetenland
Hitler marches to Sudetenland and tries to form alliances with germans who lived in Austria and Czechoslovakia. Eventually the Austrian nazi's rioted and invited hitler to go and invade, creating Anschluss. -
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Island Hopping
Island hopping was the allies strategy in trying to catch American bombers. This strategy helped us find the axis's weak points. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Hawaii. The Japanese surprise attacked Pearl Harbor on a Sunday morning. 24,000 Americans died and after this attack congress declared war. -
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Invasion of the Philippines
The Philippines was invaded by Japan. Japan invaded the Philipine Islands because they wanted to expand in order to become larger to defeat the U.S. -
Japanese Interment Camps
President FDR signed an executive order to put everyone of Japanese decent in the U.S into camps. They did this because they weren't sure if the U.S was being spied on by Japan. -
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Battle of Midway
It took place 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S was victorious and gained an offensive position in the war. Also was the turning point in the pacific theater. -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos is in New Mexico. At this location is where the Manhattan Project took place. The Manhattan Project is the development of nuclear weapons. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germany tries to take control over the the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. Soviet Union fights back and wins. This was a major turning point because it destroyed the German army turning the favor on the allies. -
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Battle of Guadalcanal
It was the first major victory for the allies. U.S marines launched a surprise attack on Japanese troops. -
D-day
D-day is the invasion of Normandy, France. The allies invaded it to liberate Europe from Germany's control. The allies were victorious and it became the turning point of the war for Europe. -
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The Meeting at Yalta
This meeting was the second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the meeting, the three leaders discusses how the world would be after the war. Most meetings were kept secret. -
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The Fall of Berlin
Stalin attempted to take over Berlin and in doing that killed more than 70,000 Russian soldiers. He took over East Berlin and the allies took over the west trying to help Germany. -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler was a dictator of Germany. He ran the nazi's and hated jews. Hitler commits suicide after the U.S won the war. -
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Meeting at Potsdam
It was the last meeting held and they discussed Germany's economy, their punishment for war crime, land boundaries and reparations. This meeting focused on Europe and how Europe would be after the war. -
Hiroshima
In Hiroshima, Japan , the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb. Is one of the only nuclear weapons used in the history of armed conflict. The bombed killed about 226,000 people which where citizens.
