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Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. Hitler annexed Sudetenland.
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Surprise attack on US naval base. Japan forces killed more than 2,400.
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Japan launches surprise attack on the Philippines. The Japanese occupied the open city of Manila.
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Battle between Russia and Nazi Germany during WWII. It was the longest and bloodiest war.
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US marines launched surprise attack on Guadalcanal. Japanese suffered many casualties and had to withdrawal from Guadalcanal.
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Established through FDR’s Executive Order 9066 after Pearl Harbor. People of Japanese descent would be held in isolated camps.
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Strategy used by the US to gain military bases and secure islands in the Pacific. US would travel from one island to another, skipping the heavily guarded islands.
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This battle ended the threat of Japanese invasion in the Pacific. Destroyed Japan’s first- line carrier.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, science lab that produced the first atomic bomb during WWII. Primary nuclear weapons facility in the US.
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The Battle of Normandy, codename “Operation Overlord”. American, British, and Canadian forces landed on the coast of France. This large invasion liberated northern France. End of war in Europe.
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Hitler stayed in an underground bunker in Berlin for the last siege of the war. When told by officers that the Russians were close to overtaking the chancellery, Hitler and his wife committed suicide. They both took cyanide capsules. Hitler also shot himself.
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Conference including Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. These leaders agreed to acquire Germany’s surrender.
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Stalin crushed Germany resistance in hopes of capturing Berlin. Although Germany put up a fight, they submitted to defeat.
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Conference including Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. They talked of postwar Europe and demanded surrender from Japan.
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American B-29 bomber drops atomic bomb over Japanese city of Hiroshima. Bomb killed 80,000 people and after a second bomb on Nagasaki, Japan surrendered.
