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Invasion of Poland
Germany invades Poland. This starts WWII German troops and aircraft attack Poland. Soviet troops will invade Poland from the east on September 17, and Poland will surrender to the Germans on September 27. -
Great Britain and France
Great Britain and France formally declare war on Germany. -
The French sign the Armistice
On June 22, 1940, Germany and France signed an armistice in the forest of Compiègne. The treaty provided that hostilities between the two nations would end six hours after the signing of an armistice treaty between France and Italy, Germany’s axis partner. Uturner, Stone. "Hitler Speeches with Accurate English Subtitles." Youtube. 14 Sept. 2012. Web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnpTWKKWQ1o. -
End of Battle of Britain
Battle was withdrawn from UK front line service in October 1940. -
Lend-Lease Act
The US joins the war by signing a lend-lease bill
Lend Lease was a agreement that the US would give supplies to Great Britan, China and France, after a while USSR joined as well as other allies. This happened between 1941 and August 1945. -
Operation Barbossa
Was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. It was a failure. Largest invasion in warfare history. -
US cuts Japans oil
President Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in America. Japan lost access to three-fourths of its overseas trade and 88 percent of its imported oil. -
Air Raid on Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attack the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor,in hawaii killing more than 2,300 Americans. -
Final Solution
was Nazi Germany's plan during World War II to systematically rid the world of its Jewish population through genocide -
Bombing of Tokyo
air raids on Japan by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a naval battle between the U.S. and Japan that took place between 4th and 7th of June, 1942. This was about 6 months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. -
Guadalcanal
The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was about US marines planning a surprise attack towards Japan troops in solomon islands. Both armies suffered a lot but Japan suffered more and so they surrendered. -
D-Day
Plan by General Eisenhower in order for USA to get involved in the European part of the war in June 6, 1944. USA entered through Normady island which allowed them to get into France. Was the turning point, changed the way war was going to be handled. -
Battle of the Bulge
an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
Yalta Conference
Conference to discuss Europe post-war reorganization.Meeting had United States,United Kingdom and the Soviet Union involved. "The Avalon Project." The Yalta Conference. 1 Jan. 2008. Web. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/wwii/yalta.asp. -
Battle of Okinawa
The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. -
End of war
The final battles of the European World War II. German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people -
Bombing of Nagasaki
3 days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. -
Surrender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan brought the problems of World War II to a close -
Sources
Department, US. "The Yalta Conference, 1945." MILESTONES: 1937–1945. Office of the Historian. Web. 6 Oct. 2014. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/yalta-conf. "Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Atomic Bombing. Wikipedia, 5 Oct. 2014. Web. 6 Oct. 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki.
