Important Dates to Review
Chapter 10
1939-1940:
September 1, 1939- Germany invades Poland from the west
September 17, 1939- The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east
June 14, 1940- Paris, France falls to the Germans
July 10, 1940- Germany bombs London, starting the Battle of Britain
September 27, 1940- Japan joins the Axis Powers
1941-1942:
June 22, 1941- Germany invades the Soviet Union
December 7 & 8, 1941- Japan bombs Pearl Harbor without warning; The U.S. declares war on Japan
December 11, 1941- Germany and Italy declares war on the U.S. and the U.S. declares war on Germany and Italy
April 18, 1942- The U.S bombs Tokyo, Japan
May 6, 1942- The Philippines falls to Japan
June 4-6, 1942- U.S. wins a major at the Battle of Midway, a turning point of the war in the Pacific
1943-1944:
June 6, 1944- D-Day; American and Allied troops storm the beaches of Normandy, France, to begin the liberation of Western Europe
August 25, 1944- Paris is liberated
1945:
February 19, 1945- The U.S. storms Iwo Jima
April 12, 1945- President Roosevelt dies, Harry S Truman becomes U.S. president
May 8, 1945- Victory in Europe (V-E Day) is declared; war still continues in the Pacific
August 6-9, 1945- The U.S. drops one atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, and one on Nagasaki, Japan
August 14, 1945- Japan surrenders, ending World War II