Transcript Slide 1

Munich Agreement cedes
Sudentenland to Germany –
September 30, 1938
Signing of the
Molotov-Ribbentrop
non-aggression pact
– August 23, 1939
German invasion of Poland
– September 1, 1939
Blitz of London –
September 7, 1940-May 10, 1941
Lend-Lease Act –
March 11, 1941
German invasion of the Soviet Union – Operation Barbarossa breaks the MolotovRibbentrop Pact – June 22, 1941
Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese Air Force
– December 7, 1941
United States declares war on Japan and enters World War II – December 8, 1941
Battle of Midway – June 4-7, 1942
Battle of Stalingrad – July 17, 1942-February 2, 1943
Guadalcanal
Campaign –
August 7, 1942February 9, 1943
D-Day - Allies invade Europe – June 6, 1944
Battle of the Bulge –
December 16, 1944January 25, 1945
Bombing of Dresden by US Army Air Force and the Royal Air Force –
February 13-15, 1945
Battle of Iwo Jima – February 19-March 26, 1945
Roosevelt dies in office and Harry Truman sworn in as President – April 12, 1945
Germany surrenders - VE Day ends
World War II in Europe – May 8, 1945
United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki –
August 6 & 9, 1945
Japan surrenders - VJ Day ends
World War II –
September 2, 1945
Allies conduct International Military
Tribunal to try major war criminals –
November 20, 1945
Dwight Eisenhower sworn in as president – January 20, 1953