World War II Timeline

By stellaandrew08

  • Annexation of Sutedenland

    Annexation of Sutedenland
    In 1938 Nazi Germany was upset that the land had been divided up after WWI. They decided to take Czechoslovakia and the annexation began with Sudetenland in 1939.
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  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Attack by the Japanese to our US Naval base in Hawaii. This was a surprise attack however they were upset with us because we set an embargo on their oil due to them invading Manchuria.
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  • The Philippines

    The Philippines
    The Americans decided to occupy The Philippines during WWII. This was an easier access to the war front on the Pacific side as well as allowing for a fueling station for naval ships.
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  • Japanese internment camps

    Japanese internment camps
    The American people were being paranoid after Pearl Harbor so they decided to make internment camps. These were horrible places and anyone with Japanese decent was forced to go there. All of the people who went many year later received monetary compensation for the maltreatment.
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  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    The battle of Midway was in the Pacific theater. It was the turning point of the war and pushed Japan out of many islands they had occupied throughout the war.
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  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal
    Guadalcanal is an island in the Pacific that japan had also occupied in the war. This battle along with the Midway battle resulted in a turning point of the war. The Japanese began to retreat back.
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  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    This was the Germans attempt to get into the Soviet Union and begin occupying. The Soviets of the time believed that was the most patriotic battle. They ended up defending it and not falling to the Nazi.
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  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    The Naval strategy used to try and push Japan back out of other countries territories. This was a successful strategy
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  • D-Day

    D-Day
    This was the invasion of Normandy Beach, France. The Americans were attempting to get access to Germany as well as Nazi occupied France. This was their best access point and they were able to make progress.
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  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
    The meeting at Yalta involved many leaders including FDR and Stalin. They were discussing how to proceed with the theater in the pacific. FDR was trying to see what it would take for the Soviet Union to join in against Japan.
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  • The death of Hitler

    The death of Hitler
    Hitler did not want the humiliation of being killed by others for his horrendous acts throughout WWII. He decided to take his own life so that at least it was his choice and his timing. He also killed his girlfriend of the time.
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  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin
    This was one of the final battles of the war and it was the Soviets attempting to take over Berlin. They had a very large invasion and it ultimately was successful in being taken over.
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  • First use of Los Alamos

    First use of Los Alamos
    Los Alamos was used for the top secret Manhattan project. Which was the testing of the atomic bombs, they even made fake towns to see the damage that would occur.
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  • Meeting at Potsdam

    Meeting at Potsdam
    This is the only time that Stalin and Truman met with each other in person and they were discussing how to rebuild each country and specifically Germany. this resulted in the splitting of Germany into many zones occupied by different countries.
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  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    Japan refused to surrender so Truman made the decision that the atomic bomb was our last resort. This caused complete civilian devastation, however they were warned with pamphlets. Nobody knew how powerful they were until it happened and then it opened the door for super weapons across the globe.
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