1. USA involvement in WWII

2. Hideki Tojo (Prime Minister Japan)
Organized the attack on Pearl Harbor and control of the Pacific Ocean

3. Japanese Aggression Need for raw materials (OIL)
(oil 85% from USA) to create an empire Why? self-sufficient
Dilemma: sever ties with Axis powers or go to war with USA

4. Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese against the U.S. Pacific Fleet- December 7, 1941.

5. USS Arizona

6. Battle of Midway: A pivotal naval battles in the Pacific in June 1942.
Battle of Guadalcanal:
Island-hopping- gaining territory closer to the Japanese mainland

8. D-Day invasion of Normandy
June 6th, the day that the Allied Forces invaded the Nazis on the beaches of Normandy, France.

9. Operation Overlord

10. (Designated) D-Day

11. Germany's Unconditional Surrender
April 25, Hitler and his wife Eva Braun committed suicide
May 8, General Eisenhower accepted unconditional surrender of the Third Reich- V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)
April 12, FDR dies and Harry Truman takes over the Presidency

12. V-E Day
“Victory in Europe Day” May 8, 1945, Allies celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany

13. V-J Day: Victory over Japan Day
Nagaski and Hiroshima destroyed by Atomic Bombs
Japanese Emperor Hirohito surrenders
August 14, 1945