World War II

  • 1939 BCE

    Poland's invasion

    Poland's invasion
    Germany invaded Poland, this event marked the beginning of WWII
  • War declaration to Germany

    War declaration to Germany
    Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany
  • War between U.R.S.S and Germany

    War between U.R.S.S and Germany
    The war between the U.S.S.R. and Germany with the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
  • Pearl Harbor attack

    Pearl Harbor attack
    When Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor and other American installations through Asia.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    The war in the Pacific that turned against Japan, an American victory that destroyed the Japanese first-line carrier force and, together with the Battle of Guadalcanal, ended Japan’s ability to prosecute an offensive war.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    The tide of the war in Europe shifted with the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad with the total destruction of two entire German armies, that marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    When the Allies landed at Normandy that opened a second front in Europe, and Germany’s abortive offensive at the Ardennes in the winter of 1944–45 which marked the Third Reich’s final push in the west.
  • UN

    UN
    Security Council:
    Britain, EUA, China, Russia, France. They fight for social justice
    The document of Human Rights, signed by many countries that guarantees freedom and equality
    Deals problems of debt and diseases
    They have been responsible of eradicating Polio in Africa
  • Hitler suicide

    Hitler suicide
    When the Allied armies converged on Berlin, then Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, and the war in Europe ended on May 8.
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    The American “island hopping” and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 which knocked Japan out of the war.
  • Creation of UN

    Creation of UN
    And organism that prevents the outbreak of war, dealing with matters of economics, social policy, human rights and culture.
  • Red Army

    Red Army
    When the Red Army advanced from the east and effectively claimed all the territory under its control for the Soviet sphere.