WWII timeline

By sierraj

  • Annexation of Sudetenland

    Annexation of Sudetenland
    This was when Germany took over Sudetenland. They wanted this area not only for the land but for the people in it. It was in 1938.Article Video

  • The Phillipines

    The Phillipines
    The Japanese controlled these islands during WWII and used them to try and gain an advantage in the US military.
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  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Empire of Japan during WWII.
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  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    This was when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. This was the last straw and was the main reason the US entered the war.
    Pearl Harbor Video
    Pearl Harbor Article

  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps
    The US didn't trust Japanese-Americans so they put them in internment camps. The first one was opened near Manzar, CA
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  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    This was a major battle in the pacific theater where Japan lost.
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  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    The battle of Stalingrad was eight months long. It was a turning battle for the Allies because it stopped the German advance into the soviet union. Article
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  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal
    The first battle in the Pacific theater. The first fight from the Allied forces against Japan. article
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  • D-Day

    D-Day
    This is when Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France. This is considered the beginning of the end of the war. Article
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  • Los Alamos

    Los Alamos
    This is where nuclear weapons and bombs were tested and a lot of work for the Manhattan Project was done here.
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  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
    A meeting for all the heads of the superpowers to discuss the distribution of land and punishment after WWII.
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  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin
    It was a battle that ended with the Soviets winning. It took revenge for the suffering of the soviet people. Article
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  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
    Hitler committed suicide. He shot himself in the temple. His wife shot herself at the same time.
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  • Meeting at Potsdam

    Meeting at Potsdam
    This was a meeting between Stalin, Churchhill, and Truman. They draftes peace treaties for Germany's former allies.
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  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    The city was destroyed by a nuclear bomb that the US dropped. The US dropped this bomb to scare Japan and make them surrender.
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