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German U-boats sink U.S. Navy Ships
Hitler ordered his U-boats to sink U.S. ships, which killed over 100 U.S. sailors. U.S. merchant ships were armed and given permission to sink U-boats. -
Germany invades Soviet Union
On this day, Germany invaded the Soviet Union with out declaring war. Hitler broke the nonaggression pact and attacked the Soviet Union. 3.9 million troops invades the USSR and made it the largest invasion in warfare history. -
United States Enters World War II
Pearl Harbor was U.S. Navy's main pacific base. Japan attacked in two waves, and attacked aircraft carriers and battleships first. The objective was to prevent U.S. from influencing Japan's war effort in Southeast Asia. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. declared war on Japan and later on Germany and Italy. -
Internment of Japanese Americans Begins
Some of the first orders stated that only Japanese Americans must leave DMZs, but leaders objected. The Department of War then initiated a policy of internment. Japanese American men, women, and children were imprisoned temporarily because they were members of a specific group. -
Battle of Midway
The battle of Midway was the most important navel battle in World War II. It halted the Japenese expansion in the Pacific. The Battle of Midway was a new kind of navel battle. The fighting was carried on by swift airplanes that took off from the decks of aircraft carriers to bomb ressels many miles away. -
Germans Surrender at Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad ended Nazi advances in Europe. The long Battle of Slaingrad ended with the German troops surrender. Of the 91,000 prisoners taken by the Soviets, only about 5,000 prisoners eventually survived and returned to Germany. -
Allied Forces Invade Italy
American and British armies made landings in Sicily sperate and began to advance across the island before teaming up in the north. On september 3, 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies. Five weeks later, Italy declared war on Germany. -
D-Day Landing in France
D-Day: invasion opens second front in Europe, paving way for final defeat on Germany. More than 11,000 planes paved the way for the Allies to hit Germany in full force by attempting to destroy German communication and transportation networks and soften Nazi beach defenses. -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a time period where all the Nazi attempted to kill all the Jews, or make them under their control. There were many mass murders of Jews, or the "undesirables", as a result of the Nazi ideology that they were superior to other people. -
World War II Ends
Atomic bomb attacks forced Japan to surrender in August, 1945.
