WW2

By ParkerBourrie

  • Annexation of Sudetenland

    Annexation of Sudetenland
    The Germans took over the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. Germany believed the people that lived in the Sudetenland were German ethnically
    Article[https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland]

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan surprise bombed the US naval base in the Pacific Ocean. The Japanese expected this to scare America and keep them out of the war.
    Article[https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack]

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    Turning point of the war in the Pacific. The United States held Japan out of Midway and began to push back to Japan.
    Article[https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway]

  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    United States strategy was to gain control of the Pacific and push Japan back. The United States would take one island at a time and push further and further back.

  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    Germany invaded the Soviet Union's capital. Germany was unsuccessful and lost a lot of lives due to a lack of preparation for the weather conditions.

  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal
    Ending of Japanese expansion in the Pacific. The Allies' first step in a long string of success for the Allies in the Pacific Ocean.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allie invasion of Normandy, France. This led the Allies to gain control of France and push Germany back to their capital.

  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
    A meeting between the Allies to discuss a post-war plan. They wanted to re-establish the Nations that were torn apart during the war.

  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
    Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He committed suicide in 1945 because he didn't want to face the consequences of losing WW2.

  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin
    The Allies pushed Germany back to their capital and took over. The Allies split Germany and Berlin into 4 pieces between the US UK USSR and France.

  • Meeting at Potsdam

    Meeting at Potsdam
    Finalize plans for post-war that were discussed at the Yalta Conference.

  • Los Alamos

    Los Alamos
    Testing area for the United States, located in New Mexico. Los Alamos was used to test the Manhattan Project and was a big part of the Pacific front.
    Article[https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1945/establishing_los_alamos.htm]

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    The United States wanted to force Japan to surrender and thought the best way was to drop the most powerful bombs possible. The US dropped "Little Boy in Hiroshima and it wiped out the whole city killing up to 140,000.

  • The Philippines

    The Philippines
    Japan occupied the Philippines between 1942 and 1945. The Allies gained control of the Philippines in 1944 and granted independence in 1946 from the United States.

  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps
    FDR forcefully moved Japanese Americans into internment camps after Pearl Harbour. 125,284 people of Japanese descent were moved to 75 identified incarceration sites.