Key Battles and Events of WWII (Darcy)

By Hapenyo

  • Britain & France declare war on Germany

    Britan and france declaring war on germany meant the beginning of the war.

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invading poland was the first act of WWII. They used air and ground troops.

  • Italy enters war

  • Operation Sea Lion

    Operation sea lion was a german codeword for the invasion of britan.

  • Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain

  • Evacuation of Dunkirk

    The evacuation of Dunkirk was a horrible scene. The british line was surrendering onto beaches, while boats were trying to sail men out of there. German dive bombers were destroying a lot of boats and killing a lot of men.

  • France signs armistice with Germany

  • Battle of Britain

    The battle of britan was an air battle between british air forse and german air force.

  • Tripartite Pact signed

  • Siege of Tobruk

  • Operation Barbarossa

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

  • Britain and US declare war on Japan

  • Japan takes Singapore

  • Battle of Midway

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    First Battle of El Alamein

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    Battle of Stalingrad

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    Second Battle of El Alamein

  • D-Day Landings

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    Battle of the Bulge

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • Mussolini captured and executed

  • German forces surrender

  • Nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Soviet Union declares war on Japan

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japan surrenders

    Japan's surrender meant the end of the war.