ww2 social studies project

By dmihaly
  • Hitler invades Poland

    Hitler invades Poland

    This is what started the war.
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    world war 2

  • Italy enters the war as an axis power

    Italy enters the war as an axis power

    Italy joined the axis because they wanted to build a roman empire
  • Germany begins to bomb Britain and launch air attacks

    Germany begins to bomb Britain and launch air attacks

    This is known as the Battle of Britan. It is one of the most famous battles of the war
  • Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia

    Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia

    Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops.
  • Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

    Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

    Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the next day the US enters the war
  • The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily.

    The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily.

    They did this cause they wanted control over that pennenisula
  • italy surrenders to the allies

    italy surrenders to the allies

    It was important because even though they surrendured to Britian Germany still controlled the Italian troops.
  • D-day and the Normandy invasion.

    D-day and the Normandy invasion.

    It was the beggining of the end if the war, it forced Hitler to divide his thinning forces to the breaking point.
  • Germany surrenders to the Allies.

    Germany surrenders to the Allies.

    They surrendured because they had been put in an econimic disaster by the war.
  • japan surrenders ending the war

    japan surrenders ending the war

    The US dropped a second nuke on Japan forcing them to surrender.