WWII

By wesley1234567
  • Annexation of Sudetenland

    Annexation of Sudetenland

    The Sudetenland was a province in northern Czechoslovakia next to Germany. As Germany wanted to expand its territory it took over the Land. It was a key military defense.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The attempt was to destroy the US Pacific fleet. However the US entered WWII.
  • The Philippines

    The Philippines

    The Philippines were important because is was crucial to help Japan take control of the Southwest Pacific and get the resources.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway was when the United States and Japan had a 5 day battle. The battle took place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps

    These were camps in the United States during World War 2 for Japanese. The United States put Japanese Americans in these camps in fear that they were spies.
  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal was a place located in the Island in the Solomon Islands. This is important because it ended Japanese expansion attempts and placed the Allies in a position of clear supremacy.
  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad

    Stalingrad was one of the big battles of WWII. It was a turning point of the war and the start of Germany beginning to fail. The Soviet Union defeated the German Army.
  • Island-hopping

    Island-hopping

    Island-hopping was a strategy that airplanes would go to island to island destroying weapons and supplies of their enemy.
  • Los Alamos

    Los Alamos

    Los Alamos was when scientist Oppehiemer tested weapons. This is where the Atomic Bomb was created.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    During World War II Allied forces planned to raid France and liberate them from Germany. It happend during June 6, 1944. It led to the defeat of German Nazi forces.
  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta

    The Meeting at Yalta was when Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin divided up Berlin. Berlin was divided into 4 zones.
  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler

    Soviet troops were entering Berlin. Hitler was hiding in a underground bunker. He later committed suicide.
  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin

    The Fall of Berlin was one of the last battles of World War II. The President of The United States made a speech asking to tear down the Berlin Wall.
  • Meeting at Potsdam

    Meeting at Potsdam

    Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman held a meeting in Germany. The goal of the meeting was to discuss the end of World War II.
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    Hiroshima is located in Japan. This was the first place in which the United State dropped the atomic bomb. The city was destroyed and people died.