WW2

Annexation of Sudetenland

Oct 1, 1938

Sudetenland refers to the land of Czechoslovakia, which ran in the heart of Germany. Germany wanted the land because three million people who lived in the Sudetenland were German. So, Hitler thought he was reuniting the German people.
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Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack on the American Pacific fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor. Japan's choice would end up dragging America into WW2. Japan chose to do this because the US put an oil embargo on the Japaneese because of the taking of Manchuria, China.
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The Philippines

Dec 8, 1941

Japan attacked the Philippines a day after Pearl Harbor. The Japanese wanted the Philippines because it was the United States' buffer zone between them and Japan.
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Japanese Internment Camps

Feb 19, 1942

The Japanese Internment Camps were where all people of Japanese decent were sent to after the events of Pearl Harbor. The US did this to prevent any Japanese spies from taking information from the United States.
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Battle of Midway

Jun 14, 1942

The Battle of Midway was a naval battle between the US Navy and the Japeenese navy. The battle was significant because it stopped the advance of Japan eastward towards the US. It also was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
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Stalingrad

Jul 17, 1942

This is the battle in which the Nazi's back stab the Soviets and attack them in the city of Stalingrad. The Germans had more manpower and better equipment but did not consider two things. The ferosity of the Soviet Union and the cold and harsh winter they go through every year. With these two factors, the Soviets were able to win and start pushing the Naz's back to Berlin.
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Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

The Guadalcanal campaign allowed the United States to gain control of the Solomon Islands. It is significant because it finally allowed the US to put Japan on the defensive.
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Los Alamos

Apr 1, 1943

Los Almaos was home to the Manhattan Project, a top-secret project by the United States to develop and test the atomic bomb. The nuclear bomb was later used to end the war in the Pacific.
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D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

This was the turning point in the war in Europe. It was the biggest Allied invasion of WW2, and the goal was to start the push to end the war and liberate France.
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Island-hopping

Aug 10, 1944

The Island-hopping campaign was one of the United States' tactics in taking the Pacific Islands back from Japan and getting closer to the mainland. Island-hopping consisted of going to one island at a time and taking it the "hopping" on to the next one.
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Meeting at Yalta

Feb 4, 1945

The meeting at Yalta was a meeting of FDR, Churchill, and Stalin to discuss the Soviet Union's joining the war against Japan. Churchill had to sit in between FDR and Stalin because they hated each other.
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Fall of Berlin

Apr 16, 1945

This is where the 2 fronts of the 2 front war meet. The soviets from the east meet the allied powers pushing the Nazi's from the west. This symbolises the end of the war in Europe.
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Death of Hitler

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler heard that the soviets were coming to find him, and he said that he'd rather die than be captured. So, he took his wife into his room and later killed himself, and she took the poison he gave her. Hitlers death symbolizes the end of the Nazis and the inevitable win for the Allies.
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Meeting at Potsdam

Jul 17, 1945

The Meeting at Potsdam was about what the Allies were going to do with Germany after the war. They decided that the US, Britain, and the USSR would all have parts in Germany.
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Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Hiroshima was the first city ever to be bombed with nuclear weapons. The United States bombed them to put an end to the war in the Pacific without risking a bunch of American lives.
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