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- 1. Unit 8 Timeline Mady Emerson Final project
- 2. 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War Nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the Democratic government of Spain.
- 3. 1940 Battle of Britain This battle was fought in the air. The British lost nearly 1,000 planes, the Germans 1,700. Germans bombed civilian as well as military targets, destroying houses, factories, and churches and conducted a months-long bombing campaign against London itself known as the “blitz”.
- 4. 1941 Pearl Harbor The american military base was attacked by the Japanese. In result the United States entered the war.
- 5. 1942 Battle of Coral Sea This was a battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers. Technically this battle was a draw but it proved a victory for the US because it forced the Japanese to call of their attack on New Guinea. This battle was a turning point for the US because it gave them confidence.
- 6. 1942 Bataan Death March This was a forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese Army. More than 7,000 people died during this 60 mile journey.
- 7. 1942 Battle of Midway This was a turning point for the US because they stopped Japanese forces from advancing. Torpedo planes and dive bombers sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers, along with all 250 aircraft on board and many of Japan’s most experienced pilots. America only lost one carrier.
- 8. 1942 Manhattan Project This was a code name for the project that developed the atomic bomb. It cost several billon dollars to create the bomb and employed tens of thousands of people.
- 9. 1943 Women’s Army Corps (WAC) United States Army group established in World War II so that women could serve in noncombat roles. It provided clerical workers, truck drivers, instructors, and lab technicians for the US.
- 10. 1944 D-Day On June 6, 1944 the Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France and pushed back their forces.
- 11. 1945 Battle of Bulge The Germans caught the Allies by surprise, creating a bulge in the American line and captured several key towns. The Americans fought back despite the conditions. This battle was an attempt to drive a wedge between American and British forces. Instead it crippled Germany by using its reserves and demoralizing its troops.
- 12. 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6, 1945 US pilots dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Within 2 minutes of the explosion more than 60,000 people were dead or missing.
- 13. 1945 Holocaust This was lead by the Nazi Party with the leader, Adolf Hitler. He constructed a mass murder of more than 6 millions Jews and others.
- 14. 1947–1991 Cold War This was a worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. This war involved many countries and became almost as big as the World War.
- 15. 1948 Marshall Plan This was a foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries after World War II. Over the next 4 years the United States gave $13 billon in grants to European Countries.
- 16. 1956 Interstate Highway Act It authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway. This was life changing and allowed people to travel from place to place easily.