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WW2 timeline

  • Japanese invasion of China

    Japanese invasion of China
    The Japanese launched an invasion using Manchuria as a base. The Japanese won for their brutality and armed forces when against China. The Chinese suffered from being attacked within their base.
  • Germany's invasion of Poland

    Germany's invasion of Poland
    Germany lost their port city which meant they have no land power ownership. If Poland is attacked Britain and France would have a military commitment to the poles. The two nations got to avoid another war and received their poles.
  • German blitzkrieg

    German blitzkrieg
    Blitzkrieg also known as the "lightening war" was a use of mobility to prevent death, destroy enemy grounds, and to limit the use of artillery. This invention was more advanced leading to a better future.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    The largest military operation, 3 million troops and 3,000 tanks. Hitlers command to destroy the Soviet Union. Stalin and his union had a surprise attack with deaths and destructions but resulted as the winners against the Soviet's long planned attack.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor American naval bases in Hawaii. The United States and Japan wanted war, war was then declared by Japan to solve economic and demographic issues with China. This lead to thousands of deaths and wounded people.
  • D- Day Normandy Invasion

    D- Day Normandy Invasion
    One of the largest military planning. A few hundred thousand of American, British, and Canadian landed on a beach stretch on France's Normandy region. The allies won freedom of Western Europe from nazi Germany's power.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    Americans fought to beat the Germans. The allied armies were split by a blitzkrieg attack. The allies underestimated the Ardennes which was a deadly and dark battle.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    The U.S. marine divisions landed on the island and fought for underground places. This occurred for the need of a Japanese base. The marines won and put the American flag on their territory of victory.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    The public holiday celebrated because of nazi Germany's surrender to the allies of world war 2.
  • Liberation of concentration camps

    Liberation of concentration camps
    The Soviet's, Canadian, British, French, and American troops liberated concentration camps and found thousands of sick and injured prisoners. Nourishment and help was given but most were to weak to stay alive.
  • Dropping of the atomic bomb

    Dropping of the atomic bomb
    American scientists developed atomic weapons. The American B- 29 was the first bomb dropped over Hiroshima. This was the end of world war 2. The atomic bombing killed 80 thousand people.
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    The surrender of nazi Germany was made and a celebration to the end of world war 2 was in Tokyo.