WWII

By Giodasca

  • Invasion of Poland

    1 September 1939 Adolf Hitler invades Poland.
    Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

  • Great Britain prepares the defense

    1939 Great Britain. Evacuation of civilians, securing works of art, sending troops to defend France.
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    WWII

    1 September 1939 Adolf Hitler invades Poland - the background to the beginning of the world war

  • The German invasion continues

    April 1940. In 10 days Hitler invaded Norway and Denmark by sea and air

  • The German invasion to the west continues

    May 1940 German attack on Holland and Belgium. British Prime Minister Chamberlain resigns, Sir Winston Churchill takes over.

  • Operation Sea Lion

    On July 16, 1940, preparations began for Operation Sea Lion, the German code name for the invasion of England.

  • Battle of Britain.It lasted from 10 July to 31 October 1940. British and German bombers fight in the skies of Sussex and Kent.

    To avoid being engaged on two fronts, Hitler sought peace with UK. Churchill, having become head of government, rejected it. The battle involved bombing London, but thanks to the use of radar the RAF defeats the German Luftwaffe. Hitler's first defeat
    King George VI and his wife Elizabeth symbols of resistance
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    Expansion of the conflict

  • 22 June 1941. Operation Barbarossa.

    The invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The ideological goal of Germany, to conquer the Western Soviet Union to repopulate it with the Germans

  • Pearl Harbor

    December 1941: Japan bombs the US fleet at Pearl Harbor.
    President Roosevelt declares war on Japan and Germany on America
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    1941. German invasion in the East

  • Battle of Midway Island

    1942 Battle of Midway Island: US fleet sinks four Japanese aircraft carriers.

  • November 1942 General Montgomery defeated Rommel at El-Alamein, preventing the fall of Egypt

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    1942. American involvement in the conflict

  • In July 1943 the Allies landed in Sicily led by General George Patton, and a long dispute began on the Italian territory.

  • The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 - 2 February 1943)

    Defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Red Army. One of the bloodiest and turning point of the war also thanks to science (sonar, radar, deciphering the Enigma code).
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    1943. Landing of the allies

  • The advance of the allies in Europe continues

    In the summer of 1944 the Allies entered Rome and decided to open a western front in France.
    June 6, 1944. Operation overlord (D DAY). Code name for the Normandy landings. General Patton's forces defeated the German army and entered Germany
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    1944. Penultimate year of war

  • 1945. The Soviet Red Army advances and liberates Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Austria and penetrates into.

  • On 30 April Hitler committed suicide and on 2 May Berlin falls.

  • 4 - 11 February 1945, Yalta Conference: Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin make important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world.

  • The war ended in Europe on May 8, 1945 but it took another three months to defeat Japan in the Far East.

  • August 6, 1945. Atomic bombing

    The explosion of two atomic bombs destroys the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bombing ended World War II and a new era began.
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    1945. last year of war