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

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

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

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

7. General Douglas MacArthur

8. “Island hopping”

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

11. Liberation of Paris-August 1945

12. Charles DeGaulle

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

14. Allies enter Germany- March 1945

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

16. May 7- Germany surrendered

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

18. Hiroshima- August 6, 1945 Nagasaki 3 days later

25. December 7, 1941- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Summer El Alamein- British defeat the Germans in North Africa
November February 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, 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 Allies entered Germany
April 12, 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