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German Blitzkrieg
A German tactic involved overwhelming the enemy with an extreme amount of troops and amour with extreme speeds. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
The official start of WW2 in which Germany's Nazi party invaded Poland and took the country over. -
Fall of Paris
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during WW2. -
Attack on pearl harbor
America wasn't involved in WW2 up until the Japanese bombed the american naval base in Hawaii named Pearl Harbor. The attack cost the Americans hundreds of lives and millions in damages. The attack is what brought the U.S. into WW2. -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway was a naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. -
D-day
The Normandy Invasion (nicknamed 'D-day') was a desperate attempt to secure a foothold in Europe by the allied forces. It involved deploying thousands of troops onto the German occupied beaches and overwhelming their defenses with sheer numbers. This worked but resulted in an unimaginable number of casualties for both sides but especially for the allied forces due to the lack of any cover for the infantry. -
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II -
Battle of okinawa
The battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
VE day
Victory in Europe Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The scientists for the U.S. created the most powerful explosive on July 16th, 1945 that when detonated a device inside the shell split a hydrogen atom and purposely let the reaction be uncontainable which resulted in an extremely powerful explosion. 2 were built and were nicknamed "Fat man" and "little boy" These "atomic bombs" were later dropped on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrendered from the war two days later. -
VJ Day
VJ day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war.
