1. 1940-1949 Ethan Goecke

2. 1940 Germany marches across west Europe The battle over Britain starts We send pilots to join RAF to help the English The battle over Britain ends on Oct. 31 1940

3. 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor 2403 soldiers and civilians were killed 1177 were crewman of the USS Arizona Largest attack on American soil in history

4. 1942 We enter WW2 We lose the Philippines to the Japanese We win in the battle of the midway We start the “Manhattan project”

5. 1943 160,000 allies land in Sicily “Operation Husky” starts 100,000 Germans surrender to the Soviets in Stalingrad

6. 1944 We take back the Philippines and take Saipan from the Japanese D-Day on June 6 1944 Battle of the Buldge starts

7. 1945 Soviets liberate Warsaw, Aushwitz and Birkenau death camps Battle of the Buldge ends with 75,000 American casualties and Germany had around 90,000 Germany surrenders America drops atomic bomb on Japan World war 2 is over

8. 1946 Americans eat 714,000,000 galleons of ice cream Battle of Alcatraz: two guards and 3 inmates are killed The American government takes control of all the railroads in America

9. 1947 Ghandi starts his march for peace Jackie Robinson is the first black major league baseball player AK-47 goes into production

10. 1948 Israel becomes a country Segregation in the military ends Netherlands and Indonesia cease fire

11. 1949 NATO founded Chinese “Red Army” occupies shanghai Britain tests its first jet bomber

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