2. AXIS POWERS GERMANY ITALY JAPAN formed an alliance system in 1936

4. "Fuhrer und Duce in Munchen. Hitler and Mussolini in Munich, Germany, ca. June 1940." Eva Braun Collection.

7. "Hitler accepts the ovation of the Reichstag announcing the "peaceful" acquistion of Austria. It set the stage to annex the Czechoslovakia Sudetenland, largely inhabited by a German-speaking population. Berlin, March 1938."

8. GERMANY’S EXPANSION 1936 German troops take Rhineland 1938 Germany annexes Austria 1938 demands eastern Czechoslovakia 1939 takes the rest of Czechoslovakia 1939 invades Poland

9. APPEASEMENT With each expansion the European leaders hoped that if they allowed Hitler to go it would avoid conflict and satisfy his desire for land

12. "On April 1st, 1933, the boycott which was announced by the National socialistic party began. Placard reads, "Germans, defend yourselves, do not buy from Jews," at the Jewish Tietz store." Berlin. New YorK Times Paris Bureau Collection.

14. START OF WWII As Hitler advanced into Poland the Allies declared war Germans “blitzkrieg” allows them to quickly take Poland, Denmark, Norway and France By 1940 Great Britain only Allied Power left

15. AMERICAN NEUTRALITY Lend-Lease Act 1941 gave President permission to support any country he thought vital to US security Gradually Americans began to back Allies

16. DECEMBER 7, 1941 Japanese attacked pearl Harbor to cripple American navy in Pacific America declares war on Japan Germany declares war on USA

17. The USS. ARIZONA burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941.

18. President Fanklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941.

20. ATLANTIC CHARTER Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill- Prime Minister of England met off the shore of Newfoundland USA pledged support basis of United Nations

23. ALL AMERICANS GO TO WAR 300,000 Mexican Americans 25,000 Native Americans 17,000 Japanese Americans 1,000,000 African Americans 275,000 women

26. BATTLE OF ATLANTIC USA ships escort supplies to England groups of German submarines “wolf packs” attack ships summer of 1942 175 ships sank

27. NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1942-1943 British and American troops beat Germans in North Africa CASABLANCA CONFRENCE 1943 Churchill and Roosevelt plan war by concentrating on Europe first

28. INVASION OF ITALY July 1943 Americans attack Sicily April 1945 Americans take Italy 190,000 Americans killed 500,000 Germans killed

29. D-DAY June 6, 1944 150,000 Allied troops land in Normandy by end of week 500,000 troops in France late July 2 million troops in France August 1944 Americans liberate Paris

30. BATTLE OF THE BULGE Largest battle in Western Europe and largest in American history 600,000 GI’s involved 80,000 Americans killed 100,000 Germans killed

32. V-E Day Victory in Europe Day- May 8, 1945 Hitler commits suicide Yalta Conference- agreement to split Germany and Berlin

34. WAR IN PACIFIC June 4, 1942 Battle of Midway- Americans destroyed 4 Japanese carriers and 250 planes

35. BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL

36. BATTLE OF IWO JIMA November 1944 American planes bomb island mid-February 1945 Marines 110,000 Americans 25,000 Japanese 25,000 American casualties

38. BATTLE OF OKINAWA JUNE 1945- 50,000 American casualties

39. DROPPING THE BOMB August 6, 1945- Hiroshima bombed –140,000 people killed August 9,1945- Nagasaki bombed V-J DAY September 2, 1945

45. "New York City celebrating the surrender of Japan. They threw anything and kissed anybody in Times Square. August 14, 1945." Lt. Victor Jorgensen

46. Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs as Supreme Allied Commander during formal surrender ceremonies on the USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay. Behing MacArthur are Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival. September 2, 1945. Lt. C. F. Wheeler.

62. "Bones of anti-Nazi German women still are in the crematoriums in the German concentration camp at Weimar, Germany. Prisoners of all nationalities were tortured and killed." April 14, 1945. Pfc. W. Chichersky.