Major Events of WWII

By JaniyaP
  • Japan invaded Manchuria

    cause: needed raw materials to industrialize
    effect : Japan industrialized
  • Hitler came into Power, beginning of Holocaust

    cause: he wanted to "restore" his country to it's former glory
    effect : militarization , war
  • Japan invaded China

  • Hitler attacked Poland

    Effect: WWII started, b
    Cause: Hitler wanted more "breathing room for Germany"
  • Stalin got the Finns to surrender

    Cause: Wanted more Land
    Effect : The Soviet had more land
  • Hitler attacked Denmark + Norway

    Cause : So it would be easier to launch strikes on Great Britain
    Effect : got land
  • British ships saved french troops from germans

    Cause : German forces was surrounding them pushing them toward the sea
    Effect : Britain saved them
  • Germans take paris

    Cause : resistance in France began to crumble
    Effect : France started to fall
  • French leaders surrendered to the Germans

    Cause : grew tired or resisting
    Effect : Germans took control of northern france
  • Hitler began to bomb Britain and plan attack on Soviet Union

    Cause(s) : needed to defeat the RAF, & needed more land
    Effect : attack Britain & Nonaggression pact was over
  • Germans started bombing Britain's cities

    Cause : to weaken them and hit it where it hurts
    Effect : british didnt give up, they still fought back
  • Mussolini pushed French troops back in Egypt

    Cause : British controlled egypt
    Effect : both sides waited until the next move was made
  • Germans started bombing Great Britain at night

    Causes : so the British wouldn't detect them
    Effects : British slept in bomb shelters
  • Britsh fought back against Mussolini

    Cause : made the first move after waiting
    Effect : took 130,000 italian prisoners
  • Hitler gave up on Britain

    Cause : tired of fighting
    Effect : focused more on tge mediterranean and Eastern Europe
  • Hitler attacked the soviet union

    Cause : wanted to move East, and wanted more oil
    Effect : Starved 2.5 million Soviets
  • German forces put Leningrad under seige

    Cause : to push the soviets out
    Effect : city was cut off from the rest of the soviets
  • japan attack pearl harbor

  • Rommel retreated against Britain

    Cause :fierce fighting
    Effect : turn point in the battle
  • Rommel took over Tobruk

    Cause : regrouped
    Effect : success in North Africa
  • battle of Stalingrad

    cause: Hitler still wanted land oil & continued to push east
    Effect: 2 million dead, Russia won
  • operation torch

  • Hitler didnt get the soviets to retreat

    Cause : soviets were used to the weather, germans were not
    Effects : 500,000 germans died
  • Opp: overload ( D-day)

  • bombing of Hiroshima

    cause: the united states wanted the war to be over, wanted Japan to surrender
    Effect: 700,000 civilians killed
  • Mussolini executed

  • Hitler committed suicide

  • End of holocaust; Allies declared victory over Germany

  • japan surrendered