Wwii

WWI Timeline

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  • attack on manchuria

    attack on manchuria
    1. many buisnesses invested in manchuria as it was rich in iron and coal, the japanese parliment did not want to attack manchuria, but the japanese army proceeded and set up a puppet government to hold control of manchuria

  • Alliance with Italy and Germany

    Alliance with Italy and Germany
    1. as hitlers strength grew mussolini made the descision to sign an alliance with germany. they become the Rome- Berlin Axis

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    1. Nazi troopers invaded Jewishhomes, buisnesses, and synogues across Germany and murdered around 00 Jews "The Night of Shattering Glass"

  • invasion of Poland

    invasion of Poland
    1. German warplanes invaded Poland by airspace, raining bombs, and German tanks and tropp trucks crossed the Polish boarder. The aircraft and artillery mercilessly bombed Warsaw. The capital had fallen, and the invasion of Poland sparked WWII

  • Soviet Union invaded E.Poland

    Soviet Union invaded E.Poland
    1. Stalin had sent the Soviet Union to occupy E. Poland, they took hold of east poland so they could easily invade surrounding countries like: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finnland

  • France Surrenders

    France Surrenders
    1. Hitler and Mussolini joined forces and declared war on France and Germany, Italy attacked from the south , and Paris became defeated. the northern part was taken under control by Germany and the southern part was left to a puppet government

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    1. the germans bombed the british citie but the RAF had two secret weapons: a radar and a german code making machine. the germans then moved to night bombing

  • Allied invasion of Italy

    Allied invasion of Italy
    1. British swept over 500 miles of North Africa. Hitler sent out General Rommel to form a tank corps, The Afrika Korps, Rommel attacked Britian for control over Egypt and Suer Canalbut the British retreated and Rommel regrouped and pushed the British back across the dessert and seized Tobruk

  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
    1. this states that the president could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any countryvital to the United States

  • German Invasion of Soviet Union

    German Invasion of Soviet Union
    1. germany performed a blitzkreig that pushed the SU in 500 miles. asthe russians drew back they burned everything so nothingwas left behind. due to the deaths being caused by Russias winter, Hitler withdrew asthe tempurature dropped

  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter
    1. Roosevelt and Churchill issued a joint declaration, the atlantic charter: it states that it upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose thier own government

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    1. Although the US knew japan would attack they did not know when, due to these setbacks, japan attacked pearl harbor located in hawaii, within just two hours nearly the whole US fleet was damadged/sunken. on the next day the US declared war on japan

  • japanese internment

    japanese internment
    1. the japanese that lived on the pacific coast were reloacated into camps in the internal part of the usa. this was put forth due to superstition of the japannese staying loyal to Japan instead of the US: they were seen as a threat of potentionally leaking informatio nthe the enemy

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    1. the new admiral of the US pacific fleetdecoded the message and knew japan was heading to the island of midway, due to this, he hid beyond the horizon and organized an ambush upon the japanese fleet, he became sucessful and the japanese fleet withfrew

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    1. invasion of Norway was the greatest land and sea attack in history. the Allies made the Germans retreat and liberated FReance, Belguim, Luxembourg, and the netherlands

  • German Surrender

    German Surrender
    1. the SU surrounded the capital, Hitler then his underground. the German Military put forth an unconditional surrender of the 3rd reich. the surrender was signed in berlin, the us and other allies powers celebrate V-e Day, the warin europe had fianlly ended

  • bombing of hiroshima

    bombing of hiroshima
    1. this was the first bomb dropped on japan, as a warning to japan for them to surrender , the population of 365,000 filled hiroshima but 73000 poeple died due to the attack

  • bombing of nagaski

    bombing of nagaski
    1. this was the 2nd bomb dropped on japan hoping for the japanese to surrender. the population of nagask iwas 200,000 poeple and nearly 37,500 people were killed

  • japanese surrender

    japanese surrender
    1. the japanese surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur. the surrender took place aboard the US battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. the world war now endedwith Japans surrender

  • Nuremberg Laws

    Nuremberg Laws
    1. leaderswere charged with waging a war of agression, violating laws of war and commiting crimes against hummanity, 12/22 nazi leaders were sentanced to death