World War II

German Blitzkrieg

Sep 1, 1939

-What Happened: Blitzkrieg was a war stragedy and tactic used by the Germans. Required concentration of offensive weapons along a narrow path. This would penetrate throught the enemy very rapidly and have a good effect.
-The Germans used this successfully against Poland and many more countries. They needed this to survive the war and take control of their terretory that they were fighting for.
-They used it on the Soviets and it pushed them back 600 miles. This tactic was extremely effective

Fall of Paris

Aug 22, 1940

-germans had come into Paris to take control. When the German tanks had come in, already 2 million Parisians had flead the cit. Adolf Hitler planned to take all of Europe so Paris was on the list. The Parisians trapped in their capital were unrescuable. French people from the west were aided by Canadian troops.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

-A little before 8 a.m. hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii. We stiopped supplying Japan with goods because they were slaughtering the chinese and they showed us that they didnt appreciate that so they tried to take out our naval fleet at Pearl Harbor. It killed 2,000 civillians and soldiers and sunk the US Arizona.

Wannsee Conference

Jan 20, 1942

-Mazi officials came together to discuss the details of the "Final Solution" of the "Jewish Question". Many Nazi officials gathered and discussed the "problem" with the Jewish people

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

-Was the battle fought between the US and the Japanese about 6 months after Pearl Harbor. The US was able to keep the Japanese fighter pilots back and perminently damaged the Japanese navy

Battle of Stalinguard

Aug 23, 1942

• this was the turnong point of the war. one of the bloodiest battles. Germans werent used to the cold weather so they got trapped and surrounded by the Soviets . the germans had to surrender

Battle of Okinawah

Mar 25, 1943

- Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa & engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War

Operation Gomorrah

Jul 24, 1943

-British bombers move into Hamburg, Germany and by night, Operation Gomorrah, while the Americans constastly bomb it in its own "Blitz Week".

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

-the americans and other countries plan to take the German beaches. The Allied Forces storm Normandy beach in order to inviade Europe

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

-The German Army surprised the Allies by attacking in the Ardennes Mountains og Belgium, France & Luxemburgs. The Germans run out of ammo and supplies and the Allies pull off a victory

Lberation of Concentration Camps

Jan 20, 1945

-As the germans were defeated the aftermath of all of his disasterous work was overturned. Millions of Jews were put in concentration camps and just not even looked after and just left to die

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

-The Americans make their strike on the Japanese home islands at Iwo Jima. Around 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops doug out caves and all kinds of traps for the Americans

VE Day

May 8, 1945

-this is the victory in Europe. Everything was done ad over with exceot the aftermath of everything that had been destroyed. The Allies had to clean up the Germans mess and deal with all of the orrible things that had been caused

Dropping of the Atomic Bomb

Aug 6, 1945

-Dropping the Atomiv Bomb on Japan was a turning point for the bombs. these bombs could completely obliterate a whole city within minutes even seconds. We took it to the next level and we brought our feedback on pearl harbor.

VJ Day

Sep 2, 1945

-The media showing its greatness towards the war being ended and over for good