World War II

By AnnaG
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    German leader, Hitler, was determined to invade Poland. When signing the German Soviet Nonagression Pact, secretly Germany and the Soviet Union decided to divide Poland between themselves. A few days later, Germany decided to attack Poland.
  • Stalin attacks Finland

    Stalin attacks Finland

    extorted territorial views.
  • Germany attacks France

    Germany attacks France

    code name: Case Yellow. Sneak attack prosumed by Germany, leading to Belgium and the Netherlands surrendering in May.
  • Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain

    Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain

    The citizens of Great Britain liked him a lot.
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act

    When the US aided its World War II allies with war materials.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Germany's attempt to over take the Royal Air Force, otherwise known as Britain's airforce. This attempt failed, thus stopping Germany from invading Britain.
  • Hitler Takes Over The Balkans

    Hitler Takes Over The Balkans

    Hitler seized control over the Balkans in order to protect ethnic Germans living there, or so he claimed.
  • German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    A " lightning war" in which the Germans suprised the Soviet Union with an unplanned war in which dive bombers, tanks, and motorized atillery were all used in order to attack the Soviet Union.
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    A suprise aerial attack brought on by Japanese attacking the United State's naval base, Pearl Harbor.
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

    Held between British and German forces.
  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

    The genocide of millions of Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    This battle was fought almost entirely with aircraft. Also, the US destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    This battle ended up stopping the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning point of the war in favor of the allies.
  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    A series of battles on Guadalcanal Island in which the Allied and Japenese forces fought each other.
  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

    The main topic of the meeting was to discuss opening a 2nd front in Western Europe.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    The Normandy invasion of Western Europe.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    A major World War II conference held by 3 chief allied leaders planning to defeat Nazi Germany.
  • Franklin Rossevelt's death

    Franklin Rossevelt's death

    Frankiln passed away in Warm Springs. GA due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Mussolini's Assassination

    Mussolini's Assassination

    Murdered by partisans, along with his mistress, Clara Petacci.
  • Hitler's Suicide

    Hitler's Suicide

    Hitler went to his room and shot himself.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    An Allied conference discussing the substance and procedures of peace in Europe.
  • The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Lead by the US, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japenese city Hiroshima. Three days later a bomb was yet again dropped on Nigasaki.
  • Nuremburg Trials

    Nuremburg Trials

    These trials tried former Nazi leaders as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal.
  • McArthur's Plan For Japan

    McArthur's Plan For Japan

    McArthur wanted to rebuild the country, reform its government, and start large- scale buisnesses.
  • Japanese internment camps

    Japanese internment camps

    During World War 2, hundreds of Japanese Americans fled from their homes to continue life living in these camps.
  • Formation of the United Nations

    Formation of the United Nations

    The United Nation aims to save future generations from the harsh dilemmas brought on by war.
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    The rivalry between the US and Soviet Union started this untimely event in histroy.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    Meant to force the Western Allied forces to abandon their jurisdictions in West Berlin.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    A program designed to rehabilitate 17 western and southern European countrie's economies in order to create democratic institutions.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    This wall stood as a barrier, surrounding West Berlin and preventing access to East Berlin. A main reason for this seperation between East and West Germany is due to the fact East Germany was communist and the West was democratic.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    This confrontration brought the US and Soviet Uniion close to war due to the Soviet's missiles in Cuba.