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The Manhattan Project
a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. -
Doolittle's Raid
was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home -
Battle of Coral Sea
was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
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The Battle of Stalingrad
The German troops marched to Stalingrad with a aim to capture Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains.Soviet offier in Stangingrad recommended to blow up city's factories and adondance the city. The Germans were frezze with the cold and got trap by the Soviet with no supplies. The Soviet surrended starving Germans troops. -
U.S and Britain Join Forces
After the Pearl Harbor attack, US and Britain declared war on Japan. This war, while not unexpected, was not the war the US wanted to be in because it was felt that Germany was the greater threat. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, US due to the reason of US cut off trading with Japan. -
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The Battle of the Atlantic
German wolf packs destroyed 681 Allied resources ships in the Atlantic--> Allies organized cargo ships and radar to spot and destroy German U-boats. -
Plans war
Prime Minister Churchill and Rooservelt meet in the White House to make plan for the war. They decided to go agsinst Hitler first then take control over the Pacific to transit resources. -
Doolittle’s Raid
first air raid by the US to strike the Japanese Home Islands. -
The battle of Midway
fought over and near the tiny U.S. mid-Pacific base at Midway atoll, represents the strategic high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war. -
The Italian Cambaign
Allies capture the Sicily. The Italian government forsced dictator Mussolini to resign and arrestetd him. -
The North African Front
107,000 Allied troops landed on North Africa -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France -
Liberation of death camps
Soviet troops is the first came upon Nazi death camp in Poland. They were horrified of the Hitler's murder plant. Later on, the Americans liberated Nazi camps. -
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The Battle of Bulge
was the last major Nazi offensive against the Allies in World War Two. The battle was a last ditch attempt by Hitler to split the Allies in two in their drive towards Germany and destroy their ability to supply themselves. -
Yalta Conference
was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Iwo Jima
a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan. -
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The Battle of Okinawa
was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. -
Roosevelt's death
On April 12, 1945, while posing for a portrait in Warm Springs, Georgia, the pres-ident had a stroke and died. That night, Vice President Harry S. Trumanbecame the nation’s 33rd president. -
Unconditional Surrender
The Soviet Army had stormed Berlin. On the headquarter, Hitler wrote his final letter and blamed the Jews for everything . Then he shot him self on 30, apr, 1945. His wife Eva poisoned herself. On March 8, 1945, the Allies celebrated V-E day. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the Allies of World War II conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. -
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The Occupation of Japan
Japan was occupied by the Allied Powers, led by the United States with a contribution from the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. This foreign presence marked the first time in its history that the island nation had been occupied by a foreign power -
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Nuremberg Trials
a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany
