Timeline

By mitaya10029

  • Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations. (German Blitzkrieg)

    Germany Invaded Poland
    They invaded Poland because Hitler thought it was a defensive action
    Poland declared war on Germany because of this.

  • Germany invaded France and captured Paris

    Germany invaded Paris just after the collapse of the French army
    Germany wanted to invade low profile countries at the time
    The French Government has been even more destroyed than it already is.

  • Germany Bombed London, and the Battle of Britain began

    Germany Bombed London
    Because of all of the bombings
    THe Battle of Britain Started

  • The United States gave Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bass in Bermuda and the Carribean (Lend Lease)

    The US gave Britain war supplies
    Britain gave the US military bases in the Carribean and Bermuda. (The Lend Lease Pact)
    Britain was ready for the war that was going to happen

  • Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, making the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.

    Germany wanted to defeat the Soviet Untion, but they ended up getting beaten instead.
    Adolph Hitler disregarded the German-Soviet Pact
    Germany got beaten

  • Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor

    Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor
    To conquer SE Asia without problems
    The US had no choice but to go into the war

  • After Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the US. The US declared war on Japan and Germany.

    Everyone declared war on each other
    The US wanted to get back at Japan for bombing Pearl Harbor, and Germany
    Everyone declared war on each other, so it was chaos

  • The US was victorious over Japan in the battle of midway. The victory was the turning point of the war in the Pacific

    The US had victory against Japan in the Battle of Midway
    6 months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US and Japan fought in the Battle of Midway. Still against each other
    US victory

  • American and other Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day, to begin the liberation of Western Europe

    American and other allied troops landed in France, and they started the plan of liberation of Western Europe
    They wanted to go against Nazi Germany (mainly)
    Grew into the Cold War

  • The US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in 1945, forcing Japan to surrender and ending the war

    Japan was forced to surrender
    The US dropped a bomb on Japan, because Japan dropped a bomb on US
    WW2 ending