World War 2 Important Events

By gez1998
  • The beggining of WWII

    The beggining of WWII

    Adolf Hitler attacks Poland claiming that the massive invation was a defensive action
  • Britain and France Declare War on Germany

    Britain and France Declare War on Germany

    Britain and France do not buy Hitlers idea that he attacked poland because he wanted to defend, and both declare war on Germany.
  • Surrender

    Surrender

    France surrenders to Germany and signs an armistice just six weeks after Germany launched their invasion of Western Europe
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain

    Hitler wasnt able to invade Britain, It was the first campaign to be fought completely by air forces.
  • Land-Lease

    Land-Lease

    It was the law proposed by the U.S in 1940 and passed on in 1941, it provided other countrys with aid for the military
  • Barbarossa

    Barbarossa

    The operation of Barbossa German troops invade the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Italy declares war on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
  • Germany Invades the Soviet Union

    Germany Invades the Soviet Union

    Though the Soviet Union had the greatest army of the world, germany took advantage and caught them off guard and attacked them.
  • Invasion of Russia

    Invasion of Russia

    Two years after signing a non-agression pact with Stalin, Hitler ordered 3 million German soldiers to invade Russia,
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacked the base in Hawaii "Pearl Harbor" as a military surprise, that led to United States joining World War II.
  • Doolittle Bombings

    Doolittle Bombings

    Lieutenant Colonel James. H Doolittle bombed several cities of Japan
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway was really important because it proved to Americans that Japanese could be defeated. Japanese lost thousand of people and it stopped japanese conquest in the pacific.
  • The battle of the Guadacanal

    The battle of the Guadacanal

    Japanese troops had arrive to Guadacanal to construct an airfield but 6000 U.S marines tried to take control over it. Both sides began to sent reinforsments and the battle started to get bigger.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    The D-Day invasion began British, American, French, and Canadian troops British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
  • The Battle Of the Bulge

    The Battle Of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge was a German plan launched against the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. It started being succesfull but then the war was won by the allied countries.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Important politicians agreed to demand Germany unconditional surrender.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa

    It was one of the wars with the most blood in the pacific. Resulted in victory of the allies over the Jappanese. There were thousands of death on both sides of the war.
  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany Surrenders

    German had now lots of trouble and couldnt keep being in war, most of Germany was in hands of the other countries. And they were missing supplies, in addition their navy and air force was almost wiped out
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    The United States drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima killing between 60,000 and 80,000 citizens instantly. The order was given from president Harry S. Truman
  • Nagasaki bombing

    Nagasaki bombing

    After Japan attacked United States and they joined they decided to attack and aim for Nagasaki because it was a shipbuilding city and had a large military port
  • Surrenders

    Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders bringing an end to wwII after noticing that their navy and airforce were already destroyed and they werent capable and had nothing left to do in war