World War II Timeline_RKaye

By richiekaye26

  • Japan Invades China

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    The Holocaust

    A devistating time where Hitler placed captured Jews in Concentration camps and killed them.

  • Munich Conference

  • Non-Aggression Pact

  • Germany Invades Poland

  • Blitzkrieg

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    Battle of Britain

    The German airforce led a massive air campaign againdt the United Kingdom.

  • Lend-Lease Act

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    Operation Barbarossa

  • Pearl Harbor

    The U.S. Navy Base in Pearl Harbor was attacked by hundreds of Japanese fighter planes just before 8:00 am. The Navy's fleet was hit hard; eight battleships were among the nearly 20 vessles destroyed by the bombing attack. The U.S. lost approximatley 200 airplanes as well. Over 200 U.S. sailors and soldiers were killed and another 1,000 were wounded. This assult led to President FDR declaring war on Japan on December 8th, 1941.

  • Bataan Death March

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    Battle of Midway

    This was the turning point of WWII
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    Battle of Stalingrad

  • D- Day

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    Battle of the Bulge

    Adolf Hitler made a courageous attempt to divide the Allied troops in the north western area of Europe in December of 1944. Hitler ordered a surprise blitzkrieg from Ardennes to Antwerp. The U.S. troops did not expect the German assult and took heavy casualties.
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

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    Battle of Okinawa

  • V-E Day

  • The Bombing of Hiroshma/ Nagasaki

  • V-J Day

  • Warsaw Pact