WW2 timeline

  • japanese invasion of china

    japanese invasion of china

    Japan, eager for the vast natural resources to be found in China and seeing her obvious weakness, invaded and occupied Manchuria.
  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg

    german forces tried out the blitzkrieg before succfully employing the tactic
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  • falls of paris

    falls of paris

    The French, having decided not to fight in the capital itself, have withdrawn south of the city.
  • operation barbarossa

    operation barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which began on 22 June 1941.
  • pearl harbor

    pearl harbor

    japan attacked the US by air and destroird a lot of our big battle ships
  • Wannsee conference

    Wannsee conference

    a gathering of german officals to discuss the finial soultion of the jewish qustion
  • bataan death march

    bataan death march

    The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March.
  • battle of midway

    battle of midway

    The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    the allies ivaded western europe in the largest amphibious attack in history
  • liberation of concentration camps

    liberation of concentration camps

    Soviet soldiers entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners.
  • battle of Iwo jima

    battle of Iwo jima

    the us marines captured the island of iwo jima
  • dropping of the atomic bombs

    dropping of the atomic bombs

    an american bomber dropped a five ton bomb over the city of Hiroshima in japan.
  • VJ day

    VJ day

    Japan has surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    battle of the bulge was a major german offensive campain launched through the densley forested region of wallonia
  • VE day

    VE day

    Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.