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Japanese Internment
The order was not targeted at any specific group, but it became the basis for the mass relocation and internment of some 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry, including both citizens and non-citizens of the United States. Ended June 22, 1946 -
Japanese invasion of China
Japan invades China leading to the WWII int the Pacific. Japan decided to attack the United States and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
This event was what sparked the whole war to start. After Germany invaded Poland, France and Britian declared war on them. -
German Blitzkrieg
Germnay used Blitzkrieg as a very strategic move against many countries. At the time the Soviet Union and Germany had a loose alliance going on which made things worse for Poland.
Ended: may 1, 1940 -
Operation Barbarossa
Nazis invade the Soviet Union under "Operation Barbarossa". German mobile units of Security Police and SD officials, called Einsatzgruppen, followed the frontline troops into the Soviet Union to attack.
Ended Janurary 7, 1942 -
Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.The attack severely damaged the American fleet and prevented, at least for the short term, serious American interference with Japanese military operations. -
Wannsee Conference
15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution." -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was the turning point in the war against the USSR which ended with a German defeat. -
Allied invasion of Italy
Italy was in alliance with Germany and Japan. American and their allies invaded Italy . -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
Nearly 7,000 naval craft and more than 11,500 aircraft supported the invasion.The Germans had deployed five infantry divisions, one airborne division and one tank division along the Normandy coast and held the advantage in battle positioning. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hundreds of German tanks and several hundred thousand German troops broke through the thinly held American lines. US forces managed to delay the enemy sufficiently to permit reinforcements to be moved into position to halt the German drive. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
American forces suffered a heavy loss during the invasion of Iwo Jima. Japan used kamikaze attacks and suicidal air attacks to defend the land. -
Battle of Okinawa
American forces conquered Okinawa in June 1945. Unlike Iwo Jima, Okinawa was an American victory. -
V E Day
V-E day was a shortened way of saying "Victory in Europe". Many celebtrated the victory while others mourned and greived over lost family members. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The United States Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, tens of thousands of people died in the initial explosion, and many more died later from radiation exposure. Three days later, the United States dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. -
V J Day
Many say that V-J day is a shortened way of saying "Victory over Japan" -
Nuremberg Trials
sentences 12 leading Nazi officials to death for crimes committed during the Nazi regime.the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France—supplied a judge and a prosecution team to the IMT for the trial of selected German officials representing a cross-section of Nazi diplomatic, economic, political, and military leadership.
