Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.

Battle of El Alamein Summer 1942 British defeat Germans in North Africa

Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad November 1942- February 1943 One million Soviet casualties 90,000 German troops surrendered

Midway The Battle of Midway Island was the turning point of the war in the Pacific

General Douglas MacArthur

“Island hopping”

D- Day June 6, 1944 D-Day The invasion of Normandy

Liberation of Paris-August 1945

Charles DeGaulle

The Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge was the last German offensive of the war

Allies enter Germany- March 1945

April 1945 April 12 FDR died Mussolini shot by partisans Hitler committed suicide

May 7- Germany surrendered

Japan To avoid an invasion of Japan President Truman decided to use atomic bombs

Hiroshima- August 6, 1945 Nagasaki 3 days later

December 7, 1941- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Summer 1942- El Alamein- British defeat the Germans in North Africa November 1942- February 1943- The Battle of Stalingrad, 1,000,000 Soviet casualties; 90,000 German troops surrender. The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the war in the Pacific General Douglas MacArthur- “island hopping” June 6, 1944- D-Day, the invasion of Normandy Liberation of Paris-August 1945 The Battle of the Bulge was the last German offensive of the war March 1945- Allies entered Germany April 12, 1945- FDR died Mussolini shot by Partisans Hitler committed suicide May 7- Germany surrendered Asia- to avoid an invasion of Japan President Truman decided to use atomic bombs Hiroshima- August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki- 3 days later