The United States Enters the War By: Sarah Gurley

Pearl Harbor, 1941 Dec. 7th Japanese attack Pearl Harbor U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan

1942 in the Pacific Japan also attacks the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway China declares war on Japan First U.S. troops arrive in Australia Bataan Death March begins Guadalcanal

1942 in Europe Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations Germans begin a U-boat offensive along east coast of USA First American forces arrive in Great Britain First all-American air attack in Europe

1943 in Europe 1943-First bombing raid by Americans on Germany German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa Allies land in Sicily Allies bomb Rome Mussolini arrested and the Italian Fascist government falls

1944 in Europe 1944-D-Day occurs Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland Battle of the Bulge occurs

1944 in the Pacific The first suicide air (Kamikaze) attacks occur against U.S. warships Iwo Jima bombarded by the U.S. Navy The U.S. Army Air Force begins preparations for dropping the Atomic Bomb

1945 in Europe 1945-Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz As allies are closing in, Adolf Hitler commits suicide V-E Day in Europe Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan

1945 Second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan Japanese surrender United Nations is formed Nuremburg War Trials begin