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German Blitzkrieg of Poland
Towards the end of the year 1939, Germany invades Poland on September 1, causing the trigger of the World War 2. After this event, Great Britain and France revolted with a declaration of war with Germany, sparking outrage. Within this time, German had control over Poland's military superiority. This attack was the first successful use of the German Blitzkrieg.
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Invasion of France and capture of Paris
After the invasion of Poland in September by the Germans, they then looked towards invading France. On May 10, 1940, German had invaded France and pushed farther into it. By May, German had taken over Paris and the rest of France, and it was all said and done by June 14. Link text -
London Bombings; Battle of Britain Beginning
Germany had been taking a few over by now, and had worked their way towards Great Britain. Great Britain had been bombed by Germany on September 7, sparking the Battle of Britain, containing air attacks on Britain lasting for months while giving Germany advantages to invade using night raids. Link text -
Lend Lease
[https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act-1] THe main goal of the Lend Lease program was to provide aid to the allies and foreign nations of the United States. Britain, China, the Soviet Union, and other foreign nations were part of this system and were picked out and selected by the president as of how they are beneficial. -
Operation Barbarossa
[https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa] The Soviet Union was huge back then, and Germany had wanted to plan an attack and take over the Soviets for conquering. Instead, they highly underestimated their opponent and soon fell from the superiority of the soviets. -
Pearl Harbor
]https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act-1] Japan drew the United States into the World War 2 with the Pearl Harbor, which was an attack on Honolulu, Hawaii in December of 1941. Flyer planes attacked Hawaii before 8am, taking down over 20 battleships. -
US Declaring War On Japan/Germany
[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-declares-war-on-the-united-states] Not even a week after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the US, then the US declared war on Germany and Japan, starting their involvement in World War 2. Hitler then brought about the fact the Japan was strong, and could help him defeat the Soviet Union. -
Bataan Death March
[https://www.britannica.com/event/Bataan-Death-March] This event occurred in the Philippines, and consisted of a 76k prisoners of war being forced by Japan on a March lasting 5 - 10 days, marching from the Bataan Peninsula all the way to San Fernando, then to camp O’Donnel, a phillipine army training center used by Japan. -
Battle of Midway
[https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway] This was the turning point for the Pacific side of things. 6 months after Pearl Harbor got attacked, the naval battle of Midway went down as the most decisive battle in WW2. It left the Japanese Army permanently inflicted and helped the US move into a good offensive position. -
Germany Invades USSR, Battle Of Stalingrad
[https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad] Germany had been feeing cheeky, so they got with allies and went for Stalingrad in Soviet Union territory, getting defeated in the process. This was a major turning point in World War 2. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/warsaw-ghetto-uprising] This was an event that happened after German law enforcement entered the ghetto to deport survivors. Afterwords, these ghettos were left in ruin, and survivors were sent to camps or killed. -
Normandy
[https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day] On June of 1944, the United States has touched down in Normandy to liberate it. By dawn of the day, many thousands of troops had already swarmed and invasions began at 6:30 am. -
Battle of the Bulge
[https://www.army.mil/botb/] The battle of the bulge took place on the Western front, and was the last major german offense of World War 2. It took place in the eastern part of Europe towards the end of WW2, and American Infantry got surrounded. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
[https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima] The Battle Of Iwo Jima consisted of a military campaign between Japan and The United States. It lasted about 5 weeks, after The US kicked it off by the invasion of Iwo Jima outside of Japan. -
Concentration Liberation
[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/liberation-of-nazi-camps] As the allies and the Soviet Union swept a cross German and Europe, they found numbers of concentration camps filled with starving tortured prisoners. These discoveries shed light of the true horrors of the Nazis. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
[https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki] Towards the end of the World War 2 in August, the first bombing of Hiroshima had dropped. 90% of the city was destroyed and around 80k were killed from the explosion. After on the 9th, the second bomb was dropped over Nagasaki, killiang 40k.
