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German Blitzkrieg
Tactic was used on September 1939), Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941).German blitzkrieg was a military tactic that was used for disorganization against other enemies. They used mobile forces and locally concentrated fire power. It happened because they were very success in ssful and they knew it was going to work and bring them to victory. -
Japanese invasion of china
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers and midget submarines. On December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech, also known as the “Infamy Speech” to the American citizens, informing them that this happened while the US was in the midst of talks to keep peace. That same day, America entered into World War II. -
German invasion of poland
On september 1st some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1750 mile border with German controlled territory. At the same time the German luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3 they declared war on Germany initiating World War II. -
fall of paris
on this day in 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening-as German troops enter and occupy Paris.British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had tried for days to convince the French government to hang on, not to sue for peace, that America would enter the war and come to its aid. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers and midget submarines. On December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech, also known as the “Infamy Speech” to the American citizens, informing them that this happened while the US was in the midst of talks to keep peace. That same day, America entered into World War II. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi German officials met on January 20, 1942, they met at the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. It was to plan the so called final solution to the, what was called Jewish question. On July 31, 1941, the Nazi leader Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring issued orders to Reinhard Heydrich,the SS leader and Gestapo chief, which was to prepare a plan for the “final solution. The Wannsee Conference, which was held six months later, where 15 Nazi senior bureaucrats met, led by Heydrich and also included Adolf Eichm -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to prempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
Operation Torch
On November 8, 1942, was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War.American was trying to take it back because germany had occupied.The impact was very bad and brutally because the men was going through a lot of impact. -
allied invasion of italy
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini envisioned building Fascist Italy into a new Roman Empire, but a string of military defeats in World War II effectively made his regime a puppet of its stronger Axis partner Germany. By the spring of 1943, opposition groups in Italy were uniting to overthrow Mussolini and make peace with the Allies, but a strong German military presence in Italy threatened to resist any such action. -
D-Day(normandy invasion)
June 6, 1944, 160,000+ Allied troops landed along a 50-mile heavily-fortified French coastline, which was to fight Nazi, Germany on the beach of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the ongoing operation in which, “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” 5,000+ Ships and 13,000 aircraft brought support to the D-Day invasion, and by the end of the day, the Allies had gained a grasp on Continental Europe. The cost of lives on D-Day was high. 9,000+ Allied Soldiers were kill -
Battle of Iwo Jima
From February 19, 1945 – March 26, 1945 Three U.S marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945 Iwo Jima had around 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops. They fought from trenches caves and dugouts. They were successful and the Americans won and raised the flag. -
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Battle of Okinawa
From April 1 through June 22, 1945 there were 270,000 U.S. men and 130,000 Japanese men. U.S. Was successful and the Japanese lost 77,000 men and they lost the battle and the U.S. were very successful. -
FDR Dies-Truman becomes President
On April 12, 1945 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four long terms in office. Which now puts Vice President Truman in charge of the country. This all happened while the Second World War was going on. Which gave him a lot of terrifying and scary power. -
Nuremberg Trials
After the war, some of those responsible for crimes committed during the Holocaust were brought to trial. Nuremberg, Germany, was chosen as a site for trials that took place in 1945 and 1946. Judges from the Allied powers—Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States—presided over the hearings of twenty-two major Nazi criminals.Twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death. -
Potsdam Decleration
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. After the Yalta Conference of February 1945, Stalin, Churchill, and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had agreed to meet following the surrender of Germany to determine the postwar borders in Europe. Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945 -
dropping of bombs
On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gaydropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more died in the following weeks from wounds and radiation poisoning. Three days later, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing nearly 40,000 more people. A few days later, Japan announced its surrender. -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. 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.
