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.