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Annexation of Sudetenland
Date of event when the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler occupied the region of Czechoslovakia which tensed other countries. -
Pearl Harbor
Date of event when the Japanese Navy attacked a US harbor in order to weaken their Naval power in the Pacific. -
The Philippines
During WW2, the Philippines was a U.S. territory, where the Japanese Forces launched an attack shortly after Pearl Harbor. It lasted from December 8, 1941 to May 8, 1942. -
Japanese Internment Camps
The Japanese Internment Camps was an internal campaign of the US to get rid of all Japanese-Americans from the streets, in fear that they were loyal to their home country. The Interment camps were initiated from February 19, 1942 and lasted until March 20, 1946. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was the Pacific theater turning point for the Japanese Navy and the US Navy. The battle lasted between June 4-7, 1942. At the end of the battle, the US secured victory, making it a winning key battle for the US Navy. -
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal was a US military campaign fought against Japanese forces from August 7, 1942 to February 9, 1943. This campaign also made a winning turning point for the US Navy in the Pacific theater. -
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Stalingrad
Date of event when Nazi forces pushed towards the frontier sides of the City in the Soviet Union named after it's leader in WW2, Joseph Stalin. Stalingrad was in siege for almost a year by the Nazi army and managed to hold the City until the Germans suffered enough casualties. -
Island Hopping
Island Hopping was a US Naval strategy that was initiated in 1943 and was used until 1945. It helped the US gain key turning points and fight the Japanese Navy in the Pacific theater. -
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Los Alamos
Los Alamas was the location of the Manhattan Project research, where the Atomic bomb was developed. -
D-Day
D-Day, otherwise known as the largest seaborne invasion in history, was launched by British, American, and Canadian forces. The invasion was launched on a coast of Nazi Occupied France, in order to recuperate France from Nazi occupation. This was a big turning point in the European theater. -
Meeting of Yalta
Meeting of Yalta was a Conference held between World leaders of the Soviet Union, United States, and United Kingdom. Leaders, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill set up the meeting to end in an agreement of the post war organization of Asia and Europe. -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler had committed suicide in his bunker after he realized the war was lost, as Soviet forces were pushing in Berlin, out hunting for him. -
Fall of Berlin
The Fall of Berlin was one of the last offensives of WW2, as Berlin was being finished by Soviet forces. -
Meeting of Potsdam
Meeting of Potsdam was the following meeting after Yalta, set up by the same World leaders, in which a change was made in the leadership of the United States, as Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away, so Harry Truman replaced him to represent the United States. The main focus of this conference was to decide the reorganization of Germany and other post war details. -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was one of two Japanese Cities in where one of the two US Atomic bombs was dropped in order to prevent a US land invasion of Japan which would result in more American casualties.