WW2 Key Events

By Ben Sutherland
  • Nazi Germany invades Poland

    Nazi Germany invades Poland

    The Nazi Invasion of Poland is what started WW2, once they had entered they quickly advanced onto Warsaw, the capital.
  • German ‘Blitzkrieg’ overwhelms Holland, Belgium and France

    German ‘Blitzkrieg’ overwhelms Holland, Belgium and France

    German troops used blitzkrieg to quickly over take Holland Belgium and France in just 6 weeks.
  • Evacuation of Dunkirk

    Evacuation of Dunkirk

    Over 100 000 French troops evacuated and were shipped off to South-Western England
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    The British Air Force (Royal Air Force) protected the United Kingdom against the German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
  • The Allies take Tobruk

    The Allies take Tobruk

    A very important victory, fought by the Australian 6th Division and the British 70th Division Army.
  • Operation Barbarossa begins

    Operation Barbarossa begins

    The invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

    An attack on a US Navy Base by the Japanese Imperial Airforce in an attempt to destroy all their Navy force
  • The Fall of Singapore

    The Fall of Singapore

    The Japanese Empire captured the British Stronghold in Singapore, the attack cost 1000s of Austrlian and British lives
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    A large air-sea battle in which Japanese Air Force tried to take out the US Naval Force
  • First news of Nazi atrocities against Jewish people reaches the Allies

    First news of Nazi atrocities against Jewish people reaches the Allies

    The world first learnt about what the Nazis were doing at concentration camps.
  • German forces surrender at Stalingrad

    German forces surrender at Stalingrad

    After defeating German troops at Stalingrad, over 91 000 soldiers surrendered to the Soviet Union
  • Soviet liberation of Auschwitz

    Soviet liberation of Auschwitz

    The Soviet Army liberated over 7 000 prisoners in Auschwitz, most of who were on the verge of death.
  • D-Day Landings

    D-Day Landings

    The largest sea invasion in all of WW2 which took place on Normandy shores, when the Allies attempted to take back Europe
  • The United States drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The United States drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The only ever use of atomic bombs in all of history to date.