-
Germany invades Poland
The battle-or-invasion lasted from Sepmtember of 1939 to october of 1939, when Poland was annexed by Germany. -
Stalin attacks Finland
The Winter War-November 30th, 1939 to March 13th, 1940 was the war between Finland and the Soviets. -
Germany attacks France
Germany attacked France after the germans phony war with poland ended. Germany also attacked the low countries. -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
Churchill became prime minester in May of 1940 after being appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. -
Battle of Britain
After the fall of poland, Germany invaded the island of Breat Britain. an minor event in this battle was Egal Day, which was were the Royal air force's air fields were completly destroyed by the Germans. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
October 1940-March 1941
Hitler wanted the natureal rescources the Balkans supplied. -
Lend-Lease Act
The system of which where the united states aided the Allies by send war goods and materials. The materials and goods were lended to the allies and they wiuld pay for it later. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany's attempt to take over Russia, -leningrad -stalingrad -moscow -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed the United States' "pearl harbor" in the hawii islands. -
Holocaust
The order was given for all Jews in Europe to be killed. The Nazis set up constentration camps and killed the Jewish people. -
Formation of the U.N.
The united nations were fromed to stop possible wars, and aid contries in need. The U.N takes care of countries and helps to solve problems in different countries, and aid the people with things they might need in a crisis. -
Japanese internment camps
After the attack on pearl harbor, the united states put people of Japanese desecnt into camps to provent further attacks or problems. -
Battle of Midway
A battle in which the Americans started taking back islands from Japan in the pacific ocean. -
Battle of El Alamein
World war two spread to North Africa -
Battle Of Stalingrad
July 1942-Feb 1943
Germany attacked Russia's city of Stalingrad, but the Russians defended the city and evenetually beat the Germans and took back the city. -
Guadalcanal
August 1942 to Febuary 1943
The Americans start taking back Islands in the pacific from Japan. -
Tehran Conference
(November 28–December 1, 1943) A meeting between F.D.R, Churchill, and Stalin that was centered around opening an Eastern front. -
D-Day
The Allied troops landed on Nomandy France, which was being controled by the Germany's and axis powers, and many allied soilders were killed or wounded. The allies gained a foothole in France, and began the March across Europe to fight Hitler. -
Nuremburg Trials
After the war, former Nazis were put on trails for the the war, and holocust. This lasted from 1945 to 1949. -
Yalta Conference
The confernece lasted from the 4th to the 11th of Feb. 1945. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world. -
Marshall Plan
Plan to help the European countries rebuild and regroup after world war 2 -
F. D.R.'s death
F.D.R. died in Warmsprings. He had polio and died of Cerebral hemorrhage -
Mussolini’s assassination
Giulino
Mussolini was killed and hung in the open for everyone to see -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler killed himself using posion and a gun. His enimies were closing in on his bunker in Berlin, and because of his coming defeat, he killed himself. His wife also killed her self. -
Potsdam Conference
Truman, Stalin, and Churchill meet in Potsdam Germany to dicuess terms for the end of the war. -
McArthur’s plan for Japan
Island hopping- or taking over smaller and weaker islands controled by japan in order to defeat Japan. -
Atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was dropped on Japan's cities; Hiroshima & Nagasaki by the untited states. -
Cold War
From about 1947 to 1991 the cold war was a war not faught. Russia and America were ready to fight each other, if the other attacked, but no one ever attacked. -
Berlin Airlift
Aftrer germany was divided up, and berlin was split, Non-communist countries dropped supplies to West berlin (the democratic side) . -
Berlin Wall
Divied West and East berlin - the democratic and the communist side- a wall was bilt to keep the communist side from escaping into the west and to have better control of the people. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Russia set up Missiles in Cuba facing the United states andc threatened to set them off.
