-
Hitler's Speech
Hitler expressed a belief in the racial superiority of Germanic peoples, he blamed Jews for many of Germany's problems and believed that they threatened the purity of the Aryan race. -
Kristallnacht
Anti-Jewish riots broke out across Germany -
Blitzkrieg
Germany attacks Poland! -
Allies declare war on Gernany!
Allies - Britain and France -
Roosevelt gives Four Freedoms speech
Talks about the future of the world -
Germany begins invasion of Soviet Union
-
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks pearl harbor! -
Declaration of war
Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of war! -
Air raid of Tokyo and other Japanese cities
Army Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle led a group of 16 American bombers on a daring air raid through Japan. -
Planned attack from Japan on Midway
Americans knew the date in which Japan was planning on attacking Midway, they also knew the direction from which their ships would approach. -
Japanese aircraft carriers destroyed in Battle of Midway
Americans destroy four Japanese aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway. -
Allies invade Sicily
-
D-Day
Allied forces storm the beaches at Normandy -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launched a surprise offensive of their own. -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied troops invaded Okinawa. -
Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
-
VE Day
Marked the formal end of the war in Europe. -
V-E Day
Surrender! -
Japan surrenders!
After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski, the Japanese surrender -
Japan surrenders
Japan surrenders to the US!
