Timeline: World War Two timeline: Alyshia Cook

Jul 1, 1937

japanese invasion of china

japanese claim they were fired by chinese troops. launched a full scale invasion on china using machura as their base. all of the chinese were affected.http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/china_war.htm

Nov 11, 1938

veterens day

after the aftermath of the korean war there is a day when we celebrate the soldiers who fought for america.http://www.google.com/search?q=veterens+day&oq=veterens+day&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4559j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8&gws_rd=ssl#safe=active&q=when+did+veterens+day+start

Sep 1, 1939

germanys invasion of poland

adolf hitler broke the treaty by invading poland so great britain declared war on germany. native slavs would be enslaved. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland

Oct 1, 1939

german blitzkrieg

used offensive method towards denmark, poland, norway etc to gain land and power. Because hitler wanted to gain land. people had to evacuate from the bombing by going to other places.http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/blitzkrieg.htm

Dec 1, 1939

rape of nanking

japanese army went into nanking china to murder civillians and chinese soldiers.http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm

Jun 15, 1940

fall of paris

the french in paris fall to the germans as they try to take over france in world war 2

Jun 7, 1941

battle of midway

six months after pearl harbor the united states had succssfully defeated japan in this battle.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway

Jun 22, 1941

operation barbarossa

germanys invasion of russia. biggest battle of world war two. hitler wanted to sieze russia and was too focused on that not the battle of britain.http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_barbarossa.htm

Dec 7, 1941

pearl harbor

japanese tried to destroy the pacifis fleet in which america would be able to protect the south pacific. the united states and japanese were not happy with eachother because japan was doing things with china.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor

Jan 1, 1942

bataan death march

there were alot of american prisoners of war captured by the japanese who were murdered along an trail

Jan 20, 1942

wannsee conference

decided to meet all the nazi officials and decide what to do with the jewish population.http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477

Jul 17, 1942

battle of stalingrad

battle and successful soviet union defense in the city of stalingradhttp://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad

Feb 14, 1943

kasserine pass

german general launched offensive attack on the tunisia in africa americans first major defeat of world war two.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-kasserine-pass

Jul 24, 1943

operation gomorrah

the british suffered heavy casualties and so the americans and british start raiding and bombing hamburg germany.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched

Jun 6, 1944

d-day

the usa landed in normandy to fight the nazi and there was victory for the allies.http://www.army.mil/d-day/

Dec 1, 1944

battle of the bulge

adolf hitler wanted to split american troops northwest of europe. the americans win because of the third army in ther defense and eventually the germans ran out of fire power and stopped.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge

Feb 1, 1945

battle of iwo jima

battle against the japanese and americans. the japanese were defending the iwo jima. but the americans had victory.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima