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Annexation of Sudetenland
When Germany took over the land that was Czechoslovakia and then it was called the Sudetenland. Began on October 1st and ended on October 10th. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack United States Pacific naval fleet located at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japanese goal was to destroy the fleet to have more power in the Pacific. 2,403 died. -
Japanese interment camps
Executive Order 9066 is what put them in the camps. It was signed because the American people were scared of the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. They were treated very poorly. About 110,000-120,000 Japanese were put in the camps. The date below show the day that Executive Order 9066 was signed. -
Battle of Midway
Turning point in the war for the Allies. Mainly naval fleets and airplanes used because it was in the middle of the ocean. Closest Japanese got to the United States. -
Guadalcanal
The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction. -
Stalingrad
July 17, 1942–February 2, 1943 was the timespan of this battle. It was a soviet victory that stooped Germany from taking over the USSR. It was a victory for the allies and helped change the momentum of the war. -
D-Day
125,000 troops died for the United States. Claimed a success for the Allies because less troops died than expected. The main goal was to get to the city of Normandy. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Meeting at Yalta
second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the conference, the three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. Stalin also agreed to permit free elections in Eastern Europe and to enter the Asian war against Japan, for which he was promised the return of lands lost to Japan in the Russo-Japanese War -
Fall of Berlin
Stalin unleashed the brutal power of 20 armies, 6,300 tanks and 8,500 aircraft with the objective of crushing German resistance and capturing Berlin. This is when Hitler knew the war was over. -
Death of Hitler
Committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill and then shooting himself in the head. He killed himself because he knew the war was over and he didn't want to surrender. -
Los Alamos
This is the place the atomic bomb was tested. The date below is when the Trinity test happened. -
Meeting at Potsdam
The last meeting of the big three. The meeting of how Germany was going to be split into four parts. -
Hiroshima
First atomic bomb used. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. -
The Philippines
Oct 20, 1944 – Sep 2, 1945. This marks the battles the US had to go through to regain the Philippines from the Japanese. -
Island Hopping
Strategy used by the US military to conserve fuel to get closer to the island of Japan. Created by General Mcarthur to put troops and create bases and all over the pacific ocean. The date below is the date the Japanese surrendered because this was a strategy used during the war.
