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WW2 Timeline

  • Hitler

    Hitler is born in Branau am Inn, a small Austrian town.
  • Radar

    Radar was used to track bombers, to direct gunfire, for airplane to airplane fights, etc. in WW2
  • Olympics

    Olympic games start in Berlin.
  • Granddad's birthday

    My granddad on my dad's side of the family was born.
  • Hitler in war

    Hitler cancels invasion on Poland.
  • Blitzkreig

    Blitzkreig means Lightning War. It was a military tactic first by the Germans in WW2.
  • Grandma's birthday

    my grandma on my dad's side of the family was born.
  • America

    America
    America enters WW2.
  • 4th of July

    4th of July
    Americans celebrate the 4th of July in Japanese POW camps.
  • Guy Gibson

    Guy Gibson
    Guy Gibson led the legendary Operation Chastise on Ruhr's Dams. The raids on the dams took place on May 16, 1943.The Moehne and Eder Dams were destroyed but only 11 bombers out of 19 survived and 50 crew members were killed.
  • Guy Gibson's death

    On the return from one of his missions over Europe, Guy Gibson's Mosquito crashed and Guy and his navigator, Jim Warwick, were killed in September 1944. there were two theories of what happened, the first was that Guy ran out and ran out of fuel and crashed. The second was that was flying his Mosquito very low and was hit by enemy ground fire.
  • D-Day

    D-Day is a military term designating the start of a military operation. D-day in history refers to the day when the Battle of Normandy began.
  • V1 missiles

    the Vergeltungswaffe 1 (Vengeance 1) was first made.
  • President Roosevelt and Truman

    Roosevelt died and Truman took over as President.
  • VE-Day

    V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe Day. It marks the end of the War with Germany.
  • VJ-Day

    V-J Day stands for Victory in Japan Day. It marks the day Japan surrendered to the Allies.
  • Granddad's birthday

    my Granddad was born.
  • Grandma's birthday

    my grandma was born.
  • Gerald Ford

    Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the thirty-eighth president of the United States. He was born on July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska. There were two assassination attempts but both failed but, he did die at the age of 93 from heart diseases.
  • Jimmy Carter

    James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr. was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977-1981. he was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia. He was the senate of Georgia and the 76th Governor of Georgia. He is also still living today at the age of 84.
  • Ronald Regan

    Ronald Regan was the 40th President of the US. He was a lifeguard, an actor and the president of the Screen Actors Guild before doing politics. He married Jane Wyman the had 2 children and adopted a another.
  • George H.W. Bush

    George H.W. Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12 1924. He joined the Navy and at 18 years old became the Navy’s youngest pilot from 1942 to 1945. Another accomplishment that Bush made was the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
  • William J. Clinton

    William J. Clinton was named after his father but never got to see him because he died. He was the youngest Governor at the age of 32. Clinton did issues like gun control, gay rights, opportunities for education, and he also worked to make taxes more on the rich.
  • George W. Bush

    After the war in Afghanistan, Bush thought that Iraq was the threat to America. Bush won the election over John Kerry in 2001. he also won the election against Al Gore in 200.
  • The War on Terror

    The War on Terror was a war that the Allies started against terrorist, mainly Muslims, after 9/11.
  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States and was the first black President. Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.