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Hilter decided to start invading Poland, then two days later Britain and France both declared war on Germany. Germany decided to invade Poland so they could take back the land and have total control over that side of the world. Germany won the land and the land was split between Germany, Lithuania, and the Soviet Union. After Germany attacked Poland it showed just how powerful they were with their new mobile warfare. -
The United States gave Britain war supplies and naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean. The US did this so that they could gain military bases in different places around the world Britain paid the US back for these supplies; not right away or in dollars though -
Germany invades the countries of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. After six weeks of combat, France surrendered to Germany. Hitler wanted to capture all of the low countries quickly so that the Allied powers did not threaten the industrial areas. Germany won and they took control of parts of France. Other parts had German and Italian troops occupying them. -
Germany attacked cities on the southern coast. Germany then took down the British Royal Air Force, they bombed airport runways. In Hitler's mind, it was taking too long so he bombed large cities. Hitler had taken most of Europe. The only major country left was Great Britain, Hitler came up with a plan to take over Britain The British kept the Germans from winning. The reason they won is they had the home-field advantage. The British Royal Air Force had radar so they could track the Germans -
Hitler tried his luck again to have a quick easy victory over Germany's enemy. More than 3 million soldiers invaded the Soviet Union on this occasion Hitler thought he would have the same success that he did with the blitzkrieg There were a ton of casualties, Germany had suffered 775,000 casualties. 800,000 Soviets had been killed, and an additional 6 million Soviet soldiers had been wounded -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The Admiral in the Japanese military wanted to destroy the pacific fleet and destroy the US’s morale. This bombing is what led to the US’s entrance into the war. The US had been neutral in the war before -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and Germany declared war on the United States. The United States declared war on Japan and Germany. Germany did this in response to what Germany claimed to be “provocations” by the US government even though the U.S. was still officially neutral This was a huge turning point in the war. This led Germany to invade the Soviet Union. -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad because of many factors. For example the climate, numbers, and sabotaged supply routes. This finally made Hitler fight in the War defensively and it also helped to boost the Russian's confidence. -
This forced more than 70,000 US and Filipino prisoners from the Peninsula to a prison camp. This was more than 63 miles. This happened because all of these soldiers had gotten captured during the war and were now prisoners of war. A lot of the troops died due to various things like starvation, dehydration, and just straight violence -
The United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midway. This victory was the turning point of the war in the Pacific. Japan wanted to use Midway as a base so they could attack Pearl Harbor easier. Japan showed that they were stronger and forced the US to come to an agreement with them. The US destroyed Japan's repeated attempts at neutralizing the navy and they turned the war into the pacific ocean. -
The Ghetto refused to surrender to the police so the police ordered the Ghetto to be burnt block by block This all happened because the Ghetto refused to give in to the police A total of 13,000 Jews were killed. They died horrible deaths by either being burned alive or suffocated -
American and other Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe. After the US entered the war Hitler thought they would come through on their Navy boats at the narrowest part of the channel. Instead, the US troops were smart and took a long way. This was the most direct way to fight the German forces D-Day led to France being set free and being able to deny the Germans economic and manpower resources -
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in 1945, forcing Japan to surrender and ending World War II. Japan was forced to surrender in the war because the US dropped two very powerful atomic bombs on them. The effect of the US doing this is that after several long years, World War Two was finally over.