The United States Enters the War

By: Sarah Gurley

Pearl Harbor, 1941

Dec. 7th Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan

1942 in the Pacific

Japan also attacks the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway

China declares war on Japan

First U.S. troops arrive in Australia

Bataan Death March begins

Guadalcanal

1942 in Europe

Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nationsGermans begin a U-boat offensive along east coast of USAFirst American forces arrive in Great BritainFirst all-American air attack in Europe

1943 in Europe

1943-First bombing raid by Americans on Germany German and Italian troops surrender in North AfricaAllies land in SicilyAllies bomb RomeMussolini arrested and the Italian Fascist government falls

1944 in Europe

1944-D-Day occurs

Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland

Battle of the Bulge occurs

1944 in the Pacific

The first suicide air (Kamikaze) attacks occur against U.S. warships Iwo Jima bombarded by the U.S. NavyThe U.S. Army Air Force begins preparations for dropping the Atomic Bomb

1945 in Europe

1945-Soviet troops liberate AuschwitzAs allies are closing in, Adolf Hitler commits suicideV-E Day in EuropeAllies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the governmentFirst atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan

1945

Second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan

Japanese surrender

United Nations is formed

Nuremburg War Trials begin