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France and Great Britian declare war on Germany
After the Nazi forces invaded Poland, the British and French governments declared a final warning for Germany for their troops to withdraw from Poland immediately. The Nazi forces declined this request and on that day Great Britian and France declared war on the Nazis. Not even an hour after Great Britian had declared war on germany a British cruise ship was torpedoed by a German u-boat, killing 112 passengers and crew members. This also started the war in the Atlantic. -
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Nazis take the French capitol
After decimating most of Europe Hitler had his sights on France. Hitler quickly broke through the Maginot line with his powerful blitzkreig and shortly demolished all of france. Hitler and the Nazis then decended on the defenseless Paris. On June 14 1940 the Nazi army took the French capitol. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
After an advancement of 33 japanese warships toward the American naval base called Pearl Harbor the Japanese unleash their swarm of airplanes armed with torpedoes and bombs meant to kripple the US naval fleet. The japanese crippled more than half of the US's Pasific fleet in an effort to weaken the Americans and make them unable to wage war against the japanese. The following day the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and New Zealand declared war on Japan. -
Battle of Coral Sea
The battle of coral sea gave the americans hope on the Pasific front. The pasific front had not been a successful run for the American army and finally the americans got a great deal of hope for the battle in the Pasific. Even though the battle of coral sea was a draw it was still the closest the Americans had gotten to beating the Japanese. -
The battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific. Before this battle the Japanese were on the offensive, capturing territory throughout Asia and the Pacific. By their attack, the Japanese had planned to capture Midway to use as an advance base, as well as to entrap and destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet. -
Stalingrad
The Nazis had moved toward Stalingrad after penetrating the Soviet forces and going deep into Russia. the germans Luftwaffe dropped bombs on the city and brought care packages to the starving german soilders, but the struggle was too real and the starving dying sick and cold Germans finally surrendured the city. -
D-Day
D-Day, the Allied invasion of Northern Europe on June 6th, 1944, opened up a second front that forced Hitler to send forces west, which took pressure off the Russians. The greatest seaborne invasion in history was aimed at 80 kilometres of mostly flat, sandy beach along the Normandy coast. British, Canadian, and American soldiers along with smaller numbers of French and Poles, succeeded in establishing a beachhead. -
V-E day
After greuling battle against the Nazis the allied forces had finally forced the nazis to surrendur. V-E day, meaning victory in europe, symbolized the end of the war in Europe. this declared the final defeat of the German army and the Nazis surrendured. -
A- bomb on Hiroshima
After lasting efforts on the Japanese the americans finally had to put an end to the war. The bomb was dropped at 8:15 am on August 6, 1945 from a B-29 bomber. The bomb fell from the Enola Gay with a parachute. The bomb exploded several hundred feet above the ground. -
V-J day
After two atomic bombs had killed over 90,000 people the Japanese emperor finally surrendured. This ruthless war had finally come to an end. While it may not have been the humane way to end a war, it seemed that the Japanese would not stop fighting until this tragety.
