Events Of World War II - Radtke
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND - 7/1939
- Germany invades Poland.
- Poland declares war on Germany.
LEND-LEASE ACT - 3/1941
- Enabled the U.S. to help any country during wartime.
- It enabled the U.S. to help European countries during the war.
PEARL HARBOR - 12/1941
- Japanese Air Force attacked the navy base on Pearl Harbor.
- The U.S. officially declared war on Japan.
BATTLE OF MIDWAY - 12/1941
- The U.S. defeated the Japanese leaving a large dent in their navy.
- A decisive battle that greatly helped the us in the pacific theater.
D-DAY - 6/1942
- The Allied forces attacked German held France.
- Freed Western Europe from Germany.
BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL - 8/1942
- First victory for the U.S. in the pacific theater.
- A decisive victory.
IWO JIMA - 2/1945
- US won against Japan to capture Iwo Jima.
- Iwo Jima provided an airbase close to Japan.
YALTA CONFERENCE - 4/1945
- Conference discussing the end of WWII.
- It planned the division of territory after the war.
GERMAN SURRENDER - 5/1945
- Germany surrenders to the allies.
- WWII ends on the European front.
DROPPING THE ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN - 8/1945
- The U.S. drops a atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- Japan surrenders.
NUREMBERG TRIALS - 1945-1949
- German war criminals were tried.
- Charged German war criminals with genocide and crimes against humanity.
TOKYO TRIALS - 4/1946
- Japanese war criminals were tried.
- It charged the criminals after the war.
