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The Nazis start to invade Poland
The German troops made an attack to Poland using tanks and ariplanes. The Germans attacked the borders with tanks and the capital of Poland with airplanes. They were victorious over this war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland -
The Allies get in the War
France, Brtiain, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. -
France sings armitice with Germany
The Germans took control over the northern part of France and left the south to a puppet government. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/francesurrenders.htm -
Battle of Britain
The German bombings to Brtitain had been happening for months and they distroyed important cities in Britain. The British lost this war and this cause the British to have great morale. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/battle_of_britain -
President Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Act
The US does not get involved in WWII but they signed this agreement so they could send weapons or money to other countries to help them with the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-lend-lease -
Operation Barbarossa starts
This operation meant that Germans was going to attack the Soviet Union by surprise so they have more territory. The German troops were not given the necessary clothing for the temperature so they had big difficulties with that. http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/world-war-ii-operation-barbarossa/100112/ -
US stops trading oil with Japan
The US intercepts a message that Japan had said about their plans in the future so President Roosevelt decided to stop the oil trading with Japan -
Day of Imfamy
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii (US Territory) and caused a huge disaster. -
Final Solution begins
The final solution is when the Germans decided to have concentration camps to end with all jews. About 6 million jews died after this. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007328 -
The Bataan Death March
This is when the Japanese forced the Philipines prisoners to march and during the march they treated the prisoners very bad and killed a lot of them. About 50 thousand prisoners survived this march. http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/qt/Bataan-Death-March.htm -
Battle of Midway
Midway was an island in the middle of the pacific where US ships stopped to refuel their ships. The Japanese attacked the midway and the US defeated them destroying a lot of planes http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htmvv
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D-Day
The allies invaded the beach of Normady, France. The US got involved in the european part of the war. -
Battle of the Bulge
This war was when the Germans attacked the allies by surprise but even though the allies were off-guard they end up victorious to this battle. -
Yalta Conference
This confrence was to make decisions of the post-war and how the nations will end up after this war. In this confrence the government officials of UK, USSR, and US were there. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle lasted a long time. The Allies wanted this island to make operations to attack Japan. This battle had the highest number of deaths of all battles. -
German Surrender
The Germans knew they would loose this war, having two front war they decided to surrender. -
First Atomic Bomb Dropped
President Truman made the decision to bomb Japan to end war. This bomb was dropped in Hiroshima with a total of about 70 thousand deaths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki -
Second Atomic Bomb Dropped
Three days later the US bombed Nagasaki to make Japan surrender. A lot of thousands of people were killed in the explosion and others because of radiation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki -
Japanese Surrender
After the two bombs were dropped, Japan decides to surrender. WWII was over.
