Top 15 Events of WWII
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Top 15 Events of WWIIBy Justin, Eric, Dan
15-Rationing Rationing of crops
and materials allowed the economy to manufacture war goods and feed the troops overseas
14- Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the
Bulge made the Germans recognize that the war was lost and they would not be successful
13-Manhattan Project The Development of
the Atomic Bombs changed warfare because it took a large scale weapon into departments that acted independently
12-FDR FDR presided as
president over the majority of the war and converted the economy by creating various boards to support the war.
11-Battle of Midway The Battle of
Midway crippled the Japanese navy and acted as a turning point in the War in the Pacific
10-Battle of Iwo Jima & Okinawa The Battles of Iwo
Jima and Okinawa displayed the savageness of the Japanese army and gave the United states a base to launch an air assault on the mainland
9-War Production Board The WPB
transformed the US economy from consumer goods to Military supplies and eliminated the unemployment in the United States
8-Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of
Stalingrad drained the German army of soldiers and took a serious toll on their morale when they were forced to surrender
7-Normandy Operation Overlord
gave the Allies a landing point and a foothold to land a ground invasion of the axis
6-Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the
Atlantic allowed America to supply goods and men to the Western front
5-Selective Service Act The Selective
service act supplied the army with essential troops and manpower to fight in the war
4-Hitler Hitler was the
Charismatic leader that united the German people and led to WWII
3-Atomic Bombs The bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki revolutionized warfare and caused the Japanese to surrender
2-Holocaust The devastation of
the Jewish population and other targeted groups condemned many of the officials in the Nuremburg trials
1-Pearl Harbor Brought the US
into the war and basically saved Europe.