World War II

  • September 1 1939 - beginning of World War 2

    September 1 1939 - beginning of World War 2
    September 1 1939 the beginning of World War 2. World War 2 started when Germany invaded Poland. German forces broke through the Polish defensive along the border and attacked Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Hundreds and thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish fled the German attack and hoped that the polish army would stop the German invaders.
  • June 10, 1940 - italy declares war on france

    June 10, 1940 - italy declares war on france
    On June 10 1940 Italy's dictator declared war on France he saw that Hitler was winning the war. By the time that Italy declared war on France it was already defeated. The German army had already entered Paris and the french army was destroyed. The British army had already evacuated the forces from Dunkirk.
  • March 1, 1941 - Bulgaria joins the Axis.

    March 1, 1941 - Bulgaria joins the Axis.
    On March 1 1941 Bulgaria signed a pact with joining the Axis. The Germans used Bulgaria as a base to attack Yugoslavia and Greece. After the German invasion the Soviet Union and the Japanese Bulgaria yielded to German to start a war with great Britain and the united states.
  • December 7, 1941 - bombing pearl harbour

    December 7, 1941 - bombing pearl harbour
    On December 7 1941 Japan attacked the pearl harbour because they pretended to be the United States Pacific Fleet from the planned military attractions in Southeast Asia over the seas agents the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and those with the United states. Then the Japanese attacked the US on the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
  • December 8, 1941 - america declared war on japan

    December 8, 1941 - america declared war on japan
    On December 8, 1941 America declared war on Japan when president Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced that the joint session in the house chamber asked to declare war on japan. They decided to do war with japan with what they did to the pearl harbour.
  • May 13, 1943 - axis air forces in Tunisia

    May 13, 1943 - axis air forces in Tunisia
    75 Years ago on May 13, 1943, was when the axis surrendered to the allies in Tunisia which it was placing in north Africa. Four bombs groups began with operations with the US air forces in Engled with the double of the strength.
  • October 20, 1944 - US troops land in the Philippines

    October 20, 1944 - US troops land in the Philippines
    On October 20, 1944 the US navy landed on the four sixth army division. Later in the day General Douglas A. MacArthur the USA gave his radio message to the Philippines people. Then he departed the Philippines by boat.
  • December 16, 1944 - the german launch a final offensive

    December 16, 1944 - the german launch a final offensive
    On December 16, 1944, the German launched a massive attack on the allied forces in the area where the Ardennes forest in Belgium and Luxembourg in the 2 war. The German achieved their complete surprise by leading the westwards through the middle of the american line.
  • August 9, 1945 - bomb on Nagasaki

    August 9, 1945 - bomb on Nagasaki
    On August 9, 1945 the untied states dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima japan this bomb killed about 70,000 people this bomb even destroyed most the the city. This ended with Japan surrendering to the United states.
  • September 2, 1945 - the end of World War 2

    September 2, 1945 - the end of World War 2
    On September 2 1945, that day World War 2 ended. World war 2 ended on this day about 70 years ago. The war ended by Japan surrendering by signing the instrument of surrender. This day meant that the events of imperial japan positions in the pacific theatre.