World War II Timeline

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    World War II

  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg
    The German Blitzkrieg was a fast and easy war. It happened because they wanted things to be done fast and efficient. This method was successful.
  • Germany's Invasion Of Poland

    Germany's Invasion Of Poland
    This event that happened in 1939 and was the offical start to World War II. This happened because Hitler wanted to bring living space for the German people. The impact from this was the start to World War II.
  • The Fall of Paris

    The Fall of Paris
    This was well known as the battle of France. It was the German invasion going into france and low countries during the world war.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    It was an attack made by the Japanese on America on December 7th. This happened because America cut off the use of the Japanese to use oil. This is what brought the U.S into war.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The allied powers entered Normandy and France. This lead to the defeat of Germany.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    The Germans lunched a "surprise attack" on the allied forces, toward the end of World War II.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    It was a major event in World War II, were the U.S captured the island from the Japanese Army, We took it because we wanted to have the land, and it had an impact on the Japanese.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    This was a series of battles between Japan and Hepburn. The allies had planned to use Okinawa.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day was a day that the allies had victory in Europe, They had been fighting and the Nazi Germans surrendered.
  • Dropping Of the Atomic Bombs

    America had dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese, They had believed that this would end the war in all, but it did not. Many people suffered and died, years after, many people still suffer from radiation poisoning from inheriting the mutated genes from their ancestors.
  • V-J Day

    This was victory over Japan day, where Japan surrenedered formally. This was after the dropping of the atomic bombs.