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Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe.
During the attack they used the “blitzkrieg” strategy. This means that extensive bombing would happen early on trying destroy the enemy’s air power, railroads, communication lines, and ammunitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks, etc. On this day the Germans bombed Poland from land, air, and sea. Adolf Hitler caused this seeking to regain lost territory and finally rule Poland. Then it began... World War II -
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Germany invaded France in turn getting a present
On this day, Parisians woke up to the sound of German-accented voices announcing on speakers that a curfew was being set for 8 o’clock p.m. That evening German troops enter and take over Paris. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had tried to convince the French government to stop, and not to sue for peace, that America would enter the war and come to help it. They did this because Hitler thought that Germany needed more land so they tried to take over Germany. -
Germany bombed London, and the Battle of Britain began
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF) against an onslaught by the German Air Force which began at the end of June 1940. In Britain, the officially dates are 10 July – 31 October 1940, overlapping with the period of large-scale night attacks known as The Blitz. German historians do not accept this subdivision, and regard the England as a campaign lasting from July 1940 to June 1941. -
Destroyers for Bases Agreement
The Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom on September 2, 1940, fifty mothballed Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson-class US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British soil. Generally referred to as the "twelve hundred-ton type" also known as "flush-deck", or "four-pipers" after their four funnels, the destroyers became the Town-class. -
Operation Barbarossa
Even though Barbarossa had failed, and Nazi Germany confronted a two-front war that it could not win. The Germans had serious deficiencies. But already German logistics were unraveling, while a series of Soviet counterattacks stalled the advance. In Barbarossa’s opening month, German armies bit deep into Soviet territory; panzer armies encircled large Soviet forces at Minsk and Smolensk, while armored spearheads reached two-thirds of the distance to Moscow and Leningrad. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging toward war for decades. The United States was particularly unhappy with Japan’s increasingly attitude toward China. The Japanese government believed that the only way to solve its economic and demographic problems was to expand into its neighbor’s territory and take over its import market; to this end. Japan had declared war on China in 1937. American officials responded to this aggression. -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in turn Germany declared war on the United States and the United States declared war on Japan and Germany
The bombing of Pearl Harbor surprised even Germany. Although Hitler had made an oral agreement with his Axis partner Japan that Germany would join a war against the United States, he was uncertain as to how the war would be engaged. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor answered that question. On December 8th, Japanese Ambassador Oshima went to German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop to nail the Germans down on a formal declaration of war against America. Von Ribbentrop stalled for time. -
Bataan Death March
The march went from Mariveles, Bataan, to San Fernando, Pampanga. About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination. The Bataan Death March (Japanese: Hepburn: Batān Shi no Kōshin , Filipino: Martsa ng Kamatayan sa Bataan) was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war which began on April 9, 1942. -
The United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midway starting the war in the Pacific
Six months before the Battle of Midway, the islands were attacked on December 7, 1941, less than two hours after Pearl Harbor. Either way, Midway ranks as a truly decisive battle. Nimitz placed available U.S. carriers in position to surprise the Japanese moving up for their preparatory air strikes on Midway Island itself. Analysts often point to Japanese aircraft losses at Midway as eliminating the power of the Imperial Navy’s air arm, but in fact about two-thirds of air crews survived. -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
It was to include the German 6th, 17th, 4th Panzer and 1st Panzer Armies. The planned summer offensive was code-named Fall Blau (Case Blue). Heavy fighting continued for another two months. Neither Army Group North nor Army Group South had been particularly hard pressed over the winter. The remaining elements of the 6th Army surrendered. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in late summer 1942, using the German 6th Army and elements of the 4th Panzer Army. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
13,000 Jews died, about half of them burnt alive or suffocated. Stroop took over from von Sammern-Frankenegg following the failure of the latter to pacify the Ghetto resistance. Czerniaków committed suicide once he became aware of the true goal of the "resettlement" plan. It was the largest single revolt by Jews during World War II. German casualties are not known, but were not more than 300. -
Invasion of Normady
Allied land forces came from Canada, Britain, the United States and Free French forces. In the early morning, amphibious landings on five beaches codenamed Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah began and during the evening the remaining elements of the parachute divisions landed. Allied forces rehearsed their D-Day roles for months before the invasion. 4 nb 1 1 The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks and naval bombardments. -
Battle of The Buldge
The Allies called it the Ardennes Counteroffensive. Intercepted German communications indicating a substantial German offensive preparation were not acted upon by the Allies. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. German personnel, and later Luftwaffe aircraft (in the concluding stages of the engagement), also sustained heavy losses. The Germans' initial attack included 406,000 men, 1,214 tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns, and 4,224 artillery pieces. -
Concentration camps
After the start of World War II, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, implemented a policy that came to be known as the “Final Solution.” Hitler was determined not just to isolate Jews in Germany and countries annexed by the Nazis, subjecting them to dehumanizing regulations and random acts of violence. To complete this mission, Hitler ordered the construction of death camps. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima, a key island in the Bonin chain roughly 575 miles from the Japanese coast, was sparked by the desire for a place where B-29 bombers damaged over Japan could land without returning all the way to the Marianas, and for a base for escort fighters that would assist in the bombing campaign.Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, and it was attacked by three marine divisions after elaborate preparatory air. -
The end
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. On August 8, Japan’s desperate situation took another turn for the worse when the USSR declared war against Japan. President Truman appointed MacArthur to head the Allied occupation of Japan as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.
