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The invasion of Poland was known as the start of World War II. It was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi, Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union. The Soviets invaded Poland on 17 September. The campaign ended on 6 October -
This battle was a military campaign. The Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm both defended the United Kingdom against Nazi, Germany -
The Japanese military did a surprise strike on the United States. The U.S. before the attack was a neutral country in World War II. The day after the bombing on Pearl Harbor the U.S. declared war on Japan -
This battle is six months after the bombing on Pearl Harbor. Our military realized that when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor they didn’t destroy our aircraft carries. So we put tons of planes on these aircraft carries to do a surprise attack on Japan -
It was an Allied invasion of French North Africa. It was a compromised operation that met British objective of securing North Africa. It would allow American armed forces to fight against Nazi, Germany. In this operation there was three task forces to land in places like Oran -
It’s known as one of the bloodiest battles in human history. It was a major turn in the war. It became a major turning point when the Soviet Union defeated Nazi, Germany. This stopped Germany from trying to advance into the Soviet Union -
This program was established by the Allies in 1943. It was established to help protect cultural property in war areas after World War II. It had about 400 service members. The civilians in town would work with military forces to help protect historic and cultural monuments from war damage -
This battle is known as the single largest battle in the history of warfare. It was also one of the costliest battles of the Second World War. It’s also known as the largest tank battle in history. There was 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, 4,000 aircrafts -
D-Day can also be called Operation Overlord. It’s the largest seaborne invasion in history. The U.S., British, and Canadian troops had landed on five beaches. This battle was crucial by forcing Germany into a two-front war. This caused them to retreat from France. In this battle there was 7,000 ships, 195,000 naval personnel, and massive aerial support -
This battle was the last major German offensive campaign. It was called the battle of the bulge because in the frontlines of the war the soldiers made a bulge. The Germans advanced to make a 75 mile bulge in the front lines. There was 100,000 casualties in the war. It was the largest battle fought by the U.S. Army -
The island that we were fighting over in this battle was very important we wanted it. We wanted this island for when we have the atomic bomb on the USS Indianapolis -
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. He died on April 12, 1945. He was 63 years old. He died of a stroke while at his “Little White House”. This was in Warm Springs, Georgia. He died at 3:35 Pm while he was sitting for a portrait. After he died the vice president Harry S. Truman was sworn into office. FDR’s body got put on a train from Georgia to Washington D.C. He was buried on April 15,1945 in Hyde Park, New York -
Adolf Hitler had committed suicide with his wife Eva Braun. They both died in the Führebunker. He did this when he realized that Germany would lose at the battle of Berlin. Hitler shot himself while Eva had taken Cyanide Poisoning. No one in the American forces saw his or his wife’s bodies. People in his German force took his and his wife’s body and burned them -
On August 6th, 1945 the United States detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima. Tons of civilians were killed by the bomb. This and one of the other bomb we dropped are the only nuclear weapons that have been used in armed conflict. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed between 90,000 to 166,000 people. 80,000 to 156,000 were civilians. 10,000 of these were soldiers. And the final 12 were Allied Prisoners of war -
Three days after dropping the bomb on Hiroshima we dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. We wanted Japan to surrender but they didn’t do that’s why we bombed Nagasaki. The bomb killed 60,000 to 80,000 people. 60,000 to 80,000 were civilians. 150 of some of the people killed were soldiers. And then final 8 to 13 people killed were Allied prisoners of war. After both bombs there was a total of 150,000 to 246,000
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This battle was also known as Operation Iceberg. It was one of the final major bloodiest battle in World War II. During this battle there were 49,000 U.S. casualties. Over 110,000 Japanese casualties. And then about 50,000 civilian casualties. The soldiers in this war fought for 82 days