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Germany's Lightning Attack (Blitzkrieg)
World War II began as the Germans invade Poland bombing their capital Warsaw. There was a surprise attack to the Polish army with alot of troops. Primary Source:
Beck, Roger B. "16 World War II." Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Orlando, FL.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub., 2012. 491. Print. -
France and Britain Declare War on Germany
Using Blitzkreig Germany invades Poland when they fell and took the Western part of it. Primary Source:
"Britain Declares War On Germany, 1939." Britain Declares War On Germany, 1939. Ibis Communications, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2015. -
France Falls
After Germany invades Paris Fance Fance surrenders, therfore they are only left with the Southern part of their country. -
Greece Enters WWII
Greece entered World War II on 28 October 1940, when the Italian army invaded, beginning the Greco-Italian War. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act provided the US military aid to forgin imporant countries to them. Primary Source:
Kimball, Warren. Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill and the Second World War. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1997. -
Hiltler Invades Soviet Union
Germany's invation on Russia, three army groups attacked, called Army Group North, led by von Leeb, Army Group Centre, commanded by von Bock and Army Group South commanded by von Rundstedt. (Massive attak based on Blitzkrieg) -
Japanese overrun French Indochina
Japanese invaded Vichy French Indochina, to stop the republic of China from importing fuels and arms. Primary Source: Tokyo Gazette, Vol. V, no. 2, 108-9 -
Day of Infamy
Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese killed more than 2,300 Americans and 1,100 were wounded. The moment the US. president found out he declared war on Japan and its allies. -
Final Solution Begins
All Jews were exterminated by any means. Killed by gas chambers, camps, and shootings, and many other ways. A genocide. -
The Allies Strike Back
Australia and the U.S. bomb Tokyo and other cities in Japan. -
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Battle of Midway
A four day war; first major victory that Allies are able to have, able to control what’s happening in the Pacific Area. Midway is a small island that refueled planes. Japan and USA fought to see who was going to keep the island. USA won because they cracked the code and knew where Japan was. They took over Midway and refueled their airplanes there in order to get to Japan. -
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An Allied Offensive
The Battle of Midway was a four day war, which the Allies won. Midway was a small island in the pacific. Battle to win this place in the middle where they could stop and refuel and continue their mission. MacArthur had a plan of "Island-hop" the Japanese strong islands, and the battle ended about 6 moths after. -
D - Day
D- Day the Us army invasion of Normandy who makes them lose lots of soldiers in the invasion. Plan by General Eisenhower in order for US to get involved in the European part of the war in June 6, 1944. USA entered through Normandy island which allowed them to get into France. Was the turning point, changed the way war was going to be handled. Primary Source:
"D-Day." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. -
Battle of The Bulge
Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. Germans pushed through the American defensive line, and was the largest fought on the Western front. -
Yalta Conference
The US. President, British Prime Minister and Soviet Premier attended this important confrence wich they were deciding on the future progress of the war and the postwar world. -
Battle of Okinawa
The largest and last Pacific Island battle of World War II. Pojected invasion of Japan, there were about 14000 dead. -
Germany's Surrender
Allied forced continued to Berlin and General Eisenhower accepted the surrender and it was signed. -
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
America drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima to end the war. -
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb
Three days later the second Atomic bomb was droped by Truman. It killed more than 7,000 people and so many more were severely injured ingured. -
Japan's Surrender
Japans finally surrender and the war ends.
