WWII Timeline

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  • Annexation of Sedetenland

    Annexation of Sedetenland
    Sedetenland was a portion of land in Bohemia and Moravia. It was part of Czechoslovakia. Germany and Czechoslovakia disputed over the land. In 1938 it was transferred to Germany. [https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland]

  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    Americans would take over and island and establish themselves there and use the island as a launch point for the next attack.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The Japanese launched surprise attack on the U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor. 2,400+ Americans died. This lead to the U.S. declaring war on Japan. [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor]

  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad was between Germany and Russia. It was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war. Lasted to February 1943. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad)

  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal
    The battle of Guadalcanal was the first real victory for the Allies in the Pacific. The U.S. attacked a Japanese base forcing them to withdraw. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal)

  • japanese internment camps

    japanese internment camps
    Japanese americans were forced to reside in camps in order to "protect" them and others and to prevent them to potentially spy on the US

  • Midway

    Midway
    A six month battle between the US and Japan over the island of Midway.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. It resulted in an Allied victory driving Axis forces out of France.

  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
    This was a meeting between the big three to discuss what will be done after the war.

  • Los Alamos

    Los Alamos
    The first Atomic Bomb was dropped by the Los Alamos laboratory.

  • The Fall of Berlin

    The Fall of Berlin
    Berlin Fell in 1945 to Russian forces. The city was surrounded by Russia. Hitler commit suicide and the Third Reich fell.

  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
    Hitler killed himself on April 30th 1945. He killed himself because the Russians had invaded Berlin and he did not want to be captured

  • Meeting at potsdam

    Meeting at potsdam
    Meeting between the big 3 discussing the surrender of Japan

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima killing approx. 139,000 people.

  • Philippines

    Philippines
    Allied forces began their invasion of the Philippines in December of 1941 and liberated POWs in 1945