WW2 10 most important events

By Dylan Balbuena
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    Germany engages in territorial aggression with various countries

    Germany used territorial aggression to get more land and power.

  • Germany invades Poland, start of WW2

    Germany invades Poland, causing France and Great Britain to declare war on Germany.

  • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.

    After Germany invades Poland, France and Great Britain officially declare war on Germany.

  • The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

    The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. This causes the U.S. to join WW2 and was the turning point.

  • D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.

    D-Day and the Normandy invasion happen. France is invaded and the Germans. are pushed back.

  • The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.

    Battle of the Bulge happens and Germany loses, helping to the Allies' victory.

  • Two atomic bombs dropped by the US on 2 cities in Japan

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki are bombed by the U.S, devastated Japan and caused them to surrender.

  • VE Day- Germany surrenders to the Allies.

    Germany surrendered to the Allies, but Japan was still trying to fight the Allies.

  • Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.

    Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.