World war 2

World War II

By ddpham16

  • Nazi - Soviet Non - Aggression Pact annouced in Moscow

    Nazi - Soviet Non - Aggression Pact annouced in Moscow
    • Signed by Hitler and Stalin
    • Germans and Soviets pledged neutrality and would not fight/invade each other for 10 years
    • Provided Poland would be divided between the 2 powers

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    • Result of Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
    • Germany invades Poland from the West
    • Britain and France give Hitler an ultimatum
    • 2 days later (Sept. 3, 1939) war is declared
  • Period: to

    World War II

  • Period: to

    European Theatre

  • Nazis invade Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg

    Nazis invade Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg
    Germany successfully invades using a swift tactic called "Blitzkrieg," or Lightning War.

  • Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain

    Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain
    • Chamberlain resigns and Churchill takes over
    • Churchill is prime minister of Great Britain from 1940-1945 and again 1951-1955

  • France Surrenders

    France Surrenders
    • (June 14, 1940) Germany enters Paris, an undefended city
    • 8 days later France Surrenders

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    • British cities and civilian centers bombed by German Air Force
    • Mainly dogfights (military aircraft combat)
    • Hitler figures he would need to save planes for Russia
    • British Victory

  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    • Germany attacks Leningrad (North), Moscow (center), and Stalingrad (south)
    • Over 1900 miles of Soviet terrain
    • Eventually Germans surrender
    • Nazi - Soviet Non - Aggression Pact is broken

  • Pearl Harbor Attack

    Pearl Harbor Attack
    • Japanese bomb the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor
    • Britain and the United States declare war on Japan the next day (Dec. 8, 1941)
    • US officially enters WW2 and is no longer neutral
  • Period: to

    Pacific Theatre

  • Battle of Midway Island

    Battle of Midway Island
    • June 4-7, 1942
    • US carrier planes destroy all 4 attacking Japanese carrier planes
    • Naval battle
    • US establish superiority in the Pacific

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    • Feb. 1-2, 1943
    • First major German defeat
    • German troops stopped and encircled, forced to surrender
    • entire German 6th Army of 300,000 lost
    • Turning point of war in Russia

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    • Allied invasion of Normandy, France
    • Allied forces storm the beaches in attempt to liberate France
    • Planned by Eisenhower, 5 assault divisions land on beaches of Normandy within 3 months, 2 million men, 1/2 million vehicles ready to target the Germans
    • SUCCESS

  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany Surrenders
    • Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Britain, Russia, and the United States
    • Next Day (May 8, 1945) V-E Day: Victory in Europe - German surrender confirmed
    • War Ends in Europe

  • FIrst Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima

    FIrst Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima
    • Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in an attempt to cease all war in the Pacific.

  • Second Atomic Bonb - Nagasaki

    Second Atomic Bonb - Nagasaki
    -The original target was Kokura, but this was obscured by cloud so the bomb was dropped on nearby Nagasaki
    - Bigger bombing than Hiroshima

  • V-J Day

    V-J Day
    • Victory over Japan Day
    • Japan surrenders, NOT unconditionally to the Allied Powers
    • War ends in the Pacific