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Created by ayymiller on Feb 24, 2011

Last updated: 02/24/11 at 05:23 PM

• Battle of Normandy
  Jun 7, 2011

  Largest seaborne invasion in history

• Battle of Midway
  Jun 4, 2011

  An unexpected naval victory, used island hopping.

• VJ Day
  Aug 15, 1945

  Victory over Japan Day. The Japanese surrender.

• Dropping of Atomic Bombs
  Aug 6, 1945

  The end of WW2

• Nuremberg Trials
  Jul 1, 1945

  Most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany.

• VE Day
  May 9, 1945

  Victory in Europe Day, Germany surrenders

• Battle of Okinawa
  Apr 1, 1945

  Last land battle of the Pacific War, needed before U.S troops. It was needed before U.S troops could invade main Japanese islands.

• Battle of Iwo Jima
  Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

  Iwo Jima was needed as a naval base for U.S bombers

• Battle of the Bulge
  Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

  Last German offensive

• Battle of Stalingrad
  Jul 17, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

  Turning point of WW2

• Attack of Pearl Harbor
  Dec 7, 1941

  U.S officially declared war with Germany & its allies, Japan & Italy.

• Battle of North Africa
  Jun 10, 1940 to May 16, 1943

• Churchill becoming Prime Minister
  May 10, 1940

  Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW2.

• Attack on Poland
  Sep 1, 1939

  WW2 begins when Germany invades Poland.

• FDR elected President
  Nov 1932

  FDR planned programs to end the Depression. He also beat Hoover in presidential election of 1932 by a landslide.