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Invasion of Poland
Adolf Hitler invaded Poland with the hope to sucessfully gain more land. They swiftly defeated the Polish armed forces using Blitz-Krieg and gained Polish land. -
the Battle of the Atlantic
This was when the first ship crossing the Atlantic got bombed and sank. From this day on there was constant conflict tying to stop supplies getting from places such as America with sugar and weapons and Africa with coffee and food.Till the end of the war. -
1st event of Dunkirk
Adolf Hitler oredered the invasion on France. -
2nd event of Dunkirk
German troops pushed back Allied troops to the channel, Winston Churchill heard of this and knew something had to be done -
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Evacuation at Dunkirk
Churchill evacuated 338,226 men back to England by boat over the channel off the beach of Dunkirk -
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The Battle of Britian
Germany focused on defeating our shipping in the English Channel, therefor depleating our supplies on food and materials needed from other countries. -
War in Africa
Mussolini thought he could take over Egypt getting him more troops then Britian and more power across the world. The Allied forces then came to protect Eygpt from Mussolini, they however did not do this job fully successfully with Australians getting surrounded in Tobruk. However Mussolini did die making Italy slightly indesicive over power. -
Battle of Britian tactics
Luftwaffe concerntrated on our airforce, attacking airfields and radar bases. -
Battle of Britian tactics
Luftwaffe changed his tactics to destroy our major cities such as London in the hope to run down the country. -
Battle of Britian Day
The RAF savaged the huge incoming Luftwaffe formations in the skies above London and the south coast. -
Plans are postponed
Hitler postponed his invasion on Britian and turned his attetion to the Soviet Union. Although Luftwaffe continued to bomb Britian until the end of the war. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler planned to take over the Soviet Union to create more living space for Germans. Hitler planned to take over France and Britian before he took over the Soviet Union, however after Germany conquered France Hitler got confident. He sent in troops using the tactics of Blitz Krieg and had to send them in the summer because they would freeze in the Winter. Hitler however sent his troops too late and many of them died of hypothermia. -
Pearl Harbour
In Oahu, Hawaii in 1941 the Japanese raided one of the largest exchange ports in America with bombs. This was so devastating because of the impact it made in the country and in Britian also where alot of the products left America to help Britian with weapons and food. It was a great significance because of the involvment of WWII in the Atlantic. -
D-day
This day was when the Allied troops fought back to get there land back off German hands. They sent in thousands of troops and managed to secure numerous beaches. This day symbolises the start of Europe getting back into the right hands. -
The dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Japan had been warned to surrender from the war and agree to all the conditions made by America. The Japanese then went on to agree to most of the conditions they made but did not agree to some. The Americans did not think that Japan would surrender and there for they dropped the first atomic bomb on 6th August.This caused mass destruction and killed 70,000. Inguring thousands more, another reson thought that americans dropped the bomb was because they cost 2000 million and couldn't not be used -
2nd atomic bomb
The 2nd Atomic bomb was dropped in Nagasaki. This killed a considerable amount fewer than the bomb dropped in Hiroshima but still took the lives of 36,000 people. The only reason for the second atomic bomb can be seen as acceptable was the fact that it showed no weakening in the Japanese determination to fight.
