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Annexation of Sudetenland
Germany's first act of major aggression as they move east to Czechoslovakia into the Sudetenland home of many Ethnic Germans expanding Nazi Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was an attack on the naval base on Hawaii. This ultimately brought the US into the second world war and a direct fight against Japan, -
Los Alamos
A city in New Mexico, Los Alamos was the site chosen by the US to develop and test the new atomic bomb (Manhattan Project) that would be used against japan in the near future. -
Japanese Internment Camps
During the increasing tensions between the US and Japan, it became difficult for citizens to trust anybody associated with the opposing nationality. America temporarily placed all Japanese families into internment camps for the rest of the war, and were put to work in fenced in grounds. -
The Philippines
The Philippines were US territory pre WWII, however as the war progressed the US sensed aggression towards the territory as early as 1941. Japan stroke out to grab the land, and the US troops ultimately surrendered the land to the axis power. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a battle among the oceans and islands following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The US rushed to clash with the Japanese forces equidistant from each country. This battle further lead to the tactic of island hopping. -
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Guadalcanal
Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal, an offense against the Japanese; denying trade routes around US seaways and routes. -
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a key point if the Soviet/German battlefront, as Germany pushed against the soviets and its allies in the bloodiest soviet battle. -
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Island Hopping
Island Hopping was a military strategy adopted by the US when pushing into Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After several smaller battles in long succession, the US pushed into the mainland of Japan (photo of famous landing on Iwo Jima and planting of flag). -
D-Day
The allied powers have landed on the beaches of Normandy as a surprise attack on the Nazi Germans in France. Not prepared for the unusual battle plan, the Germans were slowly overrun and gave way. -
Meeting at Yalta
After the conflict in Europe ended, the US, USSR, and Great Britain gathered to form a plan to reassemble the affected countries as well as Germany. The conference was held in Crimea (Soviet Union), and was represented by FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. -
Fall of Berlin
As Germany took over Berlin as one of their final targets, they were surrounded by a force of Soviet soldiers as they were cornered and overtook what was under Hitlers control once the German leader was found dead in a bunker. Berlin fell to communism, but was split in fourths to share policies with America. -
Death of Hitler
It is commonly concluded, that after the fall of Berlin, in a bunker, the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had killed himself by gunshot, and his wife by poison. This was a pre-planned order for this particular circumstance. Afterwards the Germans vowed to finish the fight, but the war seemed to already be over. -
Meeting at Potsdam
The last major meeting after the end of WWII, Truman, Churchill, and Stalin gathered to organize and decide how Germany will function after its fall. Land boundaries were set, and the Berlin Wall was build. US had a portion of democratic land in Germany, while the USSR maintained communism in eastern Germany. -
Hiroshima
After the death of FDR, and the end of the European side of the war, Truman decides to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima after Japan refuses to end conflict.
