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Germany invades Poland
As WW2 starts, the first invasion to take place is when Germany invades Poland, Germany seeked to expand and become more superior.
Ethical Dimesion: Hitler believed that as Nazi leader he needed to aquire more land to become more dominant and that Germany should be known as the leaders of this world and are the only ones that deserve to live here. -
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
2 days later after coming to know of Germany`s reckless plan and attacks both Great Britain and France came into action to stop this foolishness and madness that Hitler was making.
Historical Significance: Both great countries had been in the shadows for too long and what they thought was the solution to allow Hitler to do whatever, was their downfall. As a result they are going to war again, but this time Hitler comes in their way. -
Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway
Germany always wanted their way and in this case they wanted to expand and become more dominant. But taking over Denmark was not just for the fun of it, they seeked to control this spot as a strategic way so that their opposition Britain will become weaker and face more problems.
Historical Perspective: Although Hitler wanted German expanison and become ruler of earth he had a crazy side to him, but along with that mental act came the brains and he knew how to foil peoples plans. -
Germany countinues to capture other countries like the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France
Germany countinued there road of destruction and took over much of western europe. They used quick strikes called blitzkrieg, which meant lightning war to overcome and win many battles.
Historical Significance: The german army had many tactics to overcome harsh battles. This was why they destroyed other armies with their power and knowledge. -
Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government
Neville Chamberlain resigned as prime minister so Winston Churchill had decided to take his spot as an act of inspiring the British people to never give up and that there is hope in this war.
Historical Significance: Times were tough and Britian was suffering and the PM had ressigned, so Churchill came into the spotlight as a sense of hope for the people. -
Germany releases an air attack on Britain
Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. Due to this attack many air forces were attacked and many planes were shot down. Hitler had a difficult time in controlling the western front so he decided at invade the British isles. but failed.
Historical Perspective: The British air force was suffering daily, the german had suffered more due to their inability to plan a proper attack, the reason to this lose was their desire to invade Britain without proper artilery locations. -
Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
As the allies became more stronger with their alliances, Germany had begun to shake of frustration and built a strong bond with Japan and Italy to support their views of militarsim and of the future.
Historical Perspective: Hitler started to panic in a way that made him act and create relationships with other countries that shared the same view for the future. This way they can acheive what they want by helping each other out in many aspects and destroy whoever opposes their opinion of the futu -
Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia
Germany and its fellow supporters attacked Russia with a huge force of over four million soldiers. Many Russian civillians and soldiers died because their army force was not prepared for such brutal forces to attack their way. But the people in Russia had moved eastwards throught Russia and Germany countined to evade until the winter. Historical Significane: In the invasion many inncoent lives were lost and Stalin proved to be untrustworthy for his actions, but the people of Russia had expanded. -
Japanese attack US in Pearl Harbor
The Japanese army were figthing China and due to the long battles, they were losing resources quick, and the US had refused to give resources to them because they supported Hitler`s views. So the Japanese folk went Eastern Dutch to gather supplies and take control of Pearl Harbour for a few days. But that triggered the US to join the war. Historical Perspective: The US had refused to give supplies to the Japan because they supported Hitler`s views, the harbor was taken, so they joined the war. -
US navy Defeats the Japanese navy
Near the mid-pacific midway area the Japanese had planned to take over and invade the US airforce so they can take revenge for their encounter with the US. But they were not ready this time either, the US navy had demolished the Japanese navy and foiled their plans to take over midway. Historical Significance: The Japanese were humiliated before from the US, they decided to attack with power and less planning stratagies, that turned out to be their downfall for underestimating the US navy. -
Allies invade and take the island of Sicily
This invasion is important because this was the reason why Italy had become more weak, Hitler instructed divisons to help out the Italians but they were more needed somewhere else but he decided to help Italy, the allies were to strong because of their navy, air super powers and had taken Sicily. Historical Significance: The allies took over Sicily and made Hitler more frustrated because his troops were much needed somewhere else. But the allies proved to be the better of them. -
Italy surrenders to the Allies
They surrendered and joined the allies to fight against Germany, Mussolini was captured however Germany helped him escape and set up a government in Northern Italy called Salo. Many people opposed to fight with Germany and had supported the allies. Historical Significance: Italy had came to the conclusion to give up and fight with the allies, however Mussolini countinued his resistance and fought alongside Hitler, but later was executed. Hitler carried more burden on his shoulder. -
D-day, ally forces invade france
Hitler was afraid of a 2-front war and that`s what exactly happened. The allies had invaded france territory to push the Germans back and limit their expansion area. Now Hitler had to share resources more quickly and think of better war tactics. Historical Significance: The allies were closer to victory as ever, they made Hitler panic and become less superior, this battle proved that the allies were about to take down the German powerhouse. -
Paris is liberated from German control
The Germans could no longer take control of Paris and had to give it up and move back. The allies were helping the people of France to go up against the German and take their land and live the way they want to live. Historical Significance: Even though Hitler demanded his troops to hold Paris, they were not able to due to the heavy fire and destruction that the people of France and allies did. Hitler`s troops were being forced to move back and become less powerful. -
Battle of Bulge- Allies beat German army
The Germans launched a heavy and large attack against the allies in the Batlle of Bulge but had lost to the Allies, this almost completely sealed the deal for the German army to become a complete failure and lose the war. Historical Significance: The battle of bulge proved that the Germans were becoming weak and taht their battle tactics were becoming less efficent, the allies had struck back with such force that toally defeated the German forces. -
US President Franklin Roosevelt dies
During WW2 the president of US had died. Franklin Roosevelt had served as the president for quite the time going throught the great deppresion and a great deal of WW2, he was later succeeded by President Harry Truman. Continuity and Change: This president had helped the US fight throught such diffucult times and had died soon before the war ended. He plays a great factor into why the allies won and stopped the Germans to take control and brainwash the world. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
This is what many people desired, to get rid of the German dictator and kill him for his sins. Germany had no hope and Hitler came to a conclusion where he knew they would go no furthur and that Germany had lost the war. So he decides to commit suicide and demand everything in Germany be destroyed and they shall not live in peace. Historical Significance: Hitler was the number 1 wanted person in the world and needed to be killed, his suicide was a sign that the war is coming to an end. -
Germany surrenders to the Allies
Soon after the suicide of the German leader, Germany had surrendered and had lost the war. Without their leader and power they had no such motivation to continue the war, mainly because the allies were almost at their doorstep to take away everything the German people had. Historical Significance: This event signifys the end of the war and proves that the allies had defeated the German folk once again. -
The US drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
As a result of forcing Japan into surrendering the war they bommbed Japan and many citizens brutally died. This was not ethically right as a human being because Russia declaring war on Japan might have shook the Japanese to surrender but the atomic bomb was not needed because the Japanese were alreay so weak. Ethical Dimension: The people of Japan were already so weak in military wise and people were starving of hunger, the country was a mess, atomic bomb made it worse and was not necceassary. -
Another atomic bomb is dropped on Japan
To make matters even worse antoher atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. This was the complete downfall of Japan, but in my opinion they did not deserve this much brutal destruction. Why bomb a country that already lost everything, atleast give them mercy and leave them alone. Ethical Dimesion: After following Hitler`s views and participating in the axis power the Japanese were the last to fall and that too with much force, they were bombed twice and lived in poverty. -
Japan surrenders to the Allies
After realizing that they have lost everything and had nothing to live for the Japanese had surrendered to the allies. The war finally came to end and the allies became victorious, each axis power country fell to their knees and lost all hope. Historical Significance: The last of the axis powerhouse group had finally surrendered, this marked the end of WW2 and Hitler`s reign of a complete slaughter and destruction of the world.
