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(German plan to invade Russia)

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The battle of Stalingrad was the first major defeat of the Germans and showed that the Germans can be vulnerable.

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23 Aug 42: Day 1 of 164 of the Battle of Stalingrad. Germany begins their attack with an air raid followed by a massive assault with tanks, but the Soviets manage to hold them off. The battle will turn the city into a landscape of apocalyptic ruin and will alter the course of the war. For Germany, it will become one of the worst defeats in its history, while for Russia it will become one of its greatest victories. More: http://scanningwwii.com/a?d=0823&s=420823 #WWII

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This cartoon shows that the Axis Powers were extremely powerful until the Allied attack in the Battle of Midway in 1942.

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Harry S. Truman was an american statesman who served as the 33rd president of the United States.He is known for implanting the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, for the establishment of the Truman Doctrine.

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- Brought Britain to War
- Resigned after bad health
-Gave power to Winston Churchill

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Blue: Anyone
Yellow: Japan+Asian/Pacific
Purple: Italy, Soviet Union, Germany+Europe

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Emperor of Japan during WWII.

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General/ Leader of Japanese Military. He also served as the prime minister of Japan for the majority of WWII. He lead the early WWII invasions of Manchuria and China.

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- Adolf Hitler,Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact
- Gave Hitler control over Czechoslovakia
- Appeasement; tried to avoid war

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After the invasion of Italy, the Italian forces surrendered, making them the first Axis Power to do so. The Armistice of Cassibile was signed to prove their surrender.

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- Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops
- Russians reach Berlin
- Hitler commits suicide
- Germany surrenders (VE Day)
- Roosevelt > Truman
-  Churchill > Attlee
- Atomic bombs dropped on Japan
- Japan surrenders (VJ Day

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- Allies land at Anzio
- Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe
- D-Day invasion of France
- Paris is liberated
- Iwo Jima bombed

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- First major German defeat: Battle of Stalingrad
- Allied victory in Africa
- Invasion of Italy
- Italy surrenders
- British/Indian forces fight Japan in Burma

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The Japanese surrendered to the Allies on August 15th, but signed a surrender document on September 2nd, 1945.

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- Germany suffers setback in Stalingrad
- American naval victory in the Battle of Midway
- Turning point in Pacific war
- Mass murder of Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz begins
-Battle at Guadacanal begins

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- Operation Barbarossa begins
- Blitz continues
- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
- America enters war on Allies side

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Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6&9, 1945

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Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6&9, 1945

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The dropping of two atomic bombs by the Americans to end the fight against the Japanese, who were the remaining active Axis Power. These atomic bombs destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and were the only nuclear attacks in history. They surrendered on August 15th, 1945.

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor (December 7th, 1941)

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor (December 7th, 1941)

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Event that caused the US to enter WWII.
Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, which killed over 200,000 people. It destroyed many battleships and military equipment as well.

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Mass landings of Allied forces (mostly Americans and Britons) on the shores of Normandy, France to reclaim France from the German Reich. The Allies won by numbers, which were not anticipated by German forces.

Video: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day/videos/d-day-invasion

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The mass killings and imprisonment of Jewish people in the name of a German "master race" (aryan race). The Nazis would capture them and send them to concentration camps, where the majority died.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American Statesman and political leader who served as president of the United States during the Great Depression. He also implanted the New Deal, which eased the US out of the Great Depression.

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July 15th 1944: “It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too will end, that peace and tranquillity will return once more. In the meantime, I must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I’ll be able to realize them.”

Credit: http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/anne-frank-diary-1942-44/

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- Blitzkrieg takes over Belgium and Holland
- Germany goes into the forest to avoid the Maginot line and takes France
- Churchill becomes Prime Minister
- Forces evacuated from Dunkirk
- Battle of Britain:
-Luftwaffe vs RAF
-victory postpones Hitler invasion

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- The Axis Alliance consisted of Japan, Germany, and Italy

- Sept. 1939 Hitler invades Poland

- First use of Blitzkrieg strategy

- Britain and France declare war on Germany but does nothing in the Phony War
- Germany conquers Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Belgium

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Benito Mussolini was the leader of the National Fascist Party in Italy. He was an Italian politician and journalist, who rose to power through promoting nationalism. Italy entered WWII as an Axis Power.

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Joesph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. He rose to power as a general secretary to the communist party. Stalin turned Russia into a totalitarian dictatorship, which he ruled for over two decades.

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Adolf Hitler was the fascist leader of Germany during WWII. He was bitter at the destruction of post-WWI Germany, so he organized a rebellion in the name of German nationalism, also known as the National Socialist Worker's Party(NAZI Party).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCs7eYPkA_4

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- America stayed neutral
- Did not want a repeat of WWI
- Passed Neutrality Acts
- Lend-Lease and Military Aid Acts
- Sympathetic towards Britain
- Was dragged into war by Japan

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- 1931 Japan invades Manchuria
- 1935 Nazi Germany rebuilds military
- 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia
- 1936 Germany occupies the Rhineland
- 1936 Axis aids the Spanish Civil war
- 1937 Japan invades China
- 1938 Germany takes Austria and commits Auschluss
- 1938 Germany takes Czechoslovakia
- During all of these acts of aggression, the League of Nations basically did nothing, which said that it was okay to ignore them

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- Treaty of Versailles: Treaty created by the Allies of WW1; indicted Germany for starting the war.
- Great Depression: A worldwide economic crisis caused by the stock market crash of 1929 (Wall Street, US)
- Japanese Expansion:
- Spread of Fascism
- Rise of Hitler/Nazis

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Prime Minister of Britain during WWII. He went against the isolationist tactic and urged Great Britain to enter the war.