1. The Pacific Theater
1.1. Pearl Harbor
1.1.1. attacked on December 7, 1941
1.1.2. around 2,000 deaths and 1,000 wounded
1.1.3. America declares war on Japan
1.2. Battle of Midway
1.2.1. Naval battle
1.2.2. America defeats fleet of Japanese troops
1.3. Battle of Iwo Jima
1.3.1. Americans needed a base near Japan
1.3.1.1. 575 miles from Japans coast
1.3.2. America takes over Iwo Jima
1.3.3. 23,000 Japanese deaths
1.3.3.1. 5,900 American deaths
1.3.3.2. 17,400 Americans wounded
1.4. Battle of the Coral sea
1.4.1. four days long
1.4.2. First Air-Sea Battle in History
1.4.3. important impact on battle of midway
1.5. Atomic Bombs
1.5.1. dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1.5.2. killed around 120,000 people
1.5.3. weighed 9,700 pounds
1.6. Battle of Okinawa
1.6.1. New Topic
1.6.2. 287,000 American troops fought
1.6.2.1. 130,000 Japanese troops fought
1.6.3. Japan loses 77,000 troops after 80 days
1.6.3.1. Americand lose 65,000 troops
2. The Aftrican Theater
2.1. second battle of El Alamein
2.1.1. Took place near Egyptian railway
2.1.2. allied forces win the battle
2.1.3. turned tide in north african campaign
2.1.4. Octiber- November 1942
2.2. western desert campaign
2.2.1. began with Italian invasion of Egypt
2.2.2. Mussolini tries to help Hitler
2.2.3. Italy vs. Libya
2.3. operation torch
2.3.1. british receive unexpected french rebellion
2.3.2. causes vichy army to join allies
3. The European Theater
3.1. Poland invasion
3.1.1. germany tries to take poland
3.1.2. took Germany one month to control
3.2. France
3.2.1. Allied forces invade France
3.2.2. Allies gain control of France
3.3. Germany
3.3.1. Nazi party kills millions of jews
3.3.2. attempts to attack Russia
3.3.2.1. fails
3.3.3. extremist party
3.4. Britain
3.4.1. gaol was to destroy Germany
3.4.2. received aid from America
3.4.3. royal air force