Second World War

By Lluna Chaves

  • Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression pact

    Stalin and Hitler signed the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact. This
    pact was meant to keep peace between these countries. But.
    Germany decided to plan secretly with the USSR to divide Poland.

  • Invasion of Poland

    Germany invades Poland.

  • War on Germany

    Great Britain and France declared war on Germany

  • Invasion of Poland

    Germany invades Poland, inciting Poland's allies Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
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    Invasion of Finland

    Soviet Union invades Finland, initiating the winter war.
  • Battle of the River Plate

    Battle of the River Plate

    British cruises defeat German pocket battleship at the Battle of the River Plate.

  • Invasion of Denmark and Norway

    Germany invades Denmark and Norway
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    Battle of France

    Germany attacks the western Europe.
  • Miracle of Dunkirk

    Miracle of Dunkirk

    338,000 british troops were evacuated.
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    Invasion of Belgium

    Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister and Germany invades Belgium.

  • Division of France

    France divided into occupied N/W France and Vichy France n SE France.
  • Italy join the war

    Italy join the war

  • Invasion of southern France.

    Italy invades the southern France.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain starts.
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    Blitzkrieg

    The Blitzkrieg started and this allowed Germany to capture lots of territory quickly.

  • Tripartite pact or Berlin pact

    Germany, Italy and Japan sign the tripartite pact.

  • Broken pact

    Germany broke the non aggression pact. Once the pact was
    broken, he decided to invade the Soviet Union. This led to many
    bad things.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    Germany invaded the Soviets Union.
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    Siege of Leningrad

  • Ataque a Pearl Harbor

    Ataque a Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

  • US vs Japan

    United States declared war on Japan, and also started the Pacific War.

  • Germany vs US

    Germany declared war on United States.

  • Japan is defeated

    USA defeat Japan at the Battle of Midway.
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    The 2nd of February Soviet Union defeats Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad.

  • The alies invaded Italy.

  • Italy surrenders to allies.

  • Operation overlord

    Operation overlord

    D-Day is known to be the biggest land and sea attack in history.
    The allied powers landed on a beach in Normandy, France and
    slowly invaded and attacked unexpectedly.

  • The Allies begin the Normandy landings.

  • USA defeats Japan at the Battle of Guam.

  • The Allies defeat Germany at the Battle of Normandy.

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    Battle of Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge started, the major offensive launched through to Belgium, France and Luxembourg.

  • Mussolini is captured and executed

  • Hitler took his own life

  • Soviets captured Berlin

  • Germany surrended

  • United Nations

    United Nations

    The United Nations were signed in San Francisco
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima

    This situation happened when the United States dropped an
    atomic bomb on the city Hiroshima, Japan. The US was trying to
    get Japan to surrender and back out of the war. They did not stand
    down.
  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Bombing of Nagasaki

    Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the city of Nagasaki,
    Japan was bombing by the United States. This bomb was the
    second and final warning for the Japanese to surrender. These two
    bombs took hundreds of thousands of innocent souls.

  • The Second World War ends

    Japan surrended and the war was over