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Britain and France declare war on germany after germany invated Poland, the phoney war took place after where neather side launched major attacks
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germany invades france, belgium, holland, norway and denmark. they are all defeded fast and in result they called it blitzkrieg meaning "lighting war"
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Germany couldnt launch an invasion by sea, so Germany goes for a series of heavy bombing attacks on Britain’s cities.
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during the battle of britan, germany trys to dominate over the britain royal air force but fails, but the defete of it later allows germany to invade britain
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Germany invades their former allince the Soviet Union, This begins the bloody struggle on the Eastern Front, this continues till the end of the war
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Japan attacks the US fleet at Pearl Harbour, causeing serious damage and involving the the US in the Second World War. Germany declares war on the USA, bringing America into the war in Europe. The USA focuses on defeteing germany and not paying alot of attention to japan, this sparks a chain of events leadeing to d-day.
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(Operation Bolero) The build-up of US forces in Britain begins, getting ready for D-DAY
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The Allied raid on the French town of Dieppe is repulsed with alot of deaths. The raid illustrates how hard the Allied invasion of Europe would be.
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An Anglo-American staff was made to plan the D Day invasion headed by Lieutenant General Morgan
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Allies land in Sicily and create a new front in Europe.
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Eisenhower spoke with the 101st Airborne before they invaded Normandy.
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The Normandy beach storming and invasion of France.