World War II Turning Points

Battle of Stalingrad:

1942- Germany invaded the Soviet Union.

D-day:

American and allied troops land in Normandy, and France taking back Western Europe

Cause: Bombing of Pearl Harbor (US effect)

Effect: United States declares war on Japan and Germany

effect of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Japan surrenders the war 1945- ending world war II

Battle of Stalingrad: (outcome)

The Soviet Union defeats Germany, Turning Point in Eastern Europe.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The atomic bombs the United States drops on Japan

Democratic Nation Allies

United States, Great Britain, Canada. Soviet Union post being invaded by Germany

cause: Germany bombs London

effect: Battle of Britain begins

cause: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

effect: Germany declares war on the United States

cause: Germany Invades Poland

effect: setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations.

Battle of Midway (outcome)

outcome: US wins over Japan. Turning point of War in the pacific

Causes of World War II

political instability (from WW1) economic devastation (from WW1) worldwide depression war debt from Germany Unemployment