World War Two Timeline

  • japanese invasions of china

    japanese invasions of china
    The japanese invasion of china was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. Japan invaded china because they wanted to an imperial power and japan needed more resources. The impact out of it was china finally became a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council
  • Germany's invasion of Poland

    Germany's invasion of Poland
    September 1, 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. This is what caused World War two to begin. Hitler planned to bomb every railroad, bulidings, and communication lines. The effects of this invasion was it killed around 59,000 people during this time. There wasnt really an impact outcome of this.
  • fall of paris

    fall of paris
    The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. The German plan for the battle consisted of two main operations. The result ended a germany victory and they established the free french forces.
  • atlantic charter

    atlantic charter
    The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The Atlantic Charter provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims. The Charter they drafted included eight “common principles” that the United States and Great Britain would be committed to supporting in the postwar world
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor,the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
  • bataan death march

    bataan death march
    The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war which began on April 9, 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War. About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination. The result of this ended to a 21,600 Dead Filipino and American
  • Germany's Bitzkrieg

    Germany's Bitzkrieg
  • battle of midway

    battle of midway
    The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Between 3 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy. resulted in an american victory with celebration and happiness for the united states of america.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. The cost in lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the slow, hard slog acr
  • Battle of Iwa Jima

    Battle of Iwa Jima
    The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II. It resuted in an american victory.
  • battle of okinawa

    battle of okinawa
    was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, invasion of the island of Okinawa itself The 82-day-long battle lasted from 1 April until 22 June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of the Japanese , Allies won.
  • VE day

    VE day
    Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday. This is a formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
  • Dropping of the atomic bombs

    Dropping of the atomic bombs
    President Truman warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
  • VJ day

    VJ day
    On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day. Everyone celebrated this day as world war two had come to an end hoping things will now get better.