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Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland, Hitler wanted more land for the German Empire. Due to Poland being invaded Britain and France declares war on Germany. -
Germany invades France
Germany invades Poland, Hitler wanted to quickly take over western Europe using blitzkrieg tactics. France is quickly taken over in the wake of the fall Germany creates a provisional government in place of the old France. -
Battle of Britain
Germany bombs Britain over and over again. Hitler wanted to take over Britain before he invades Russia. Due to this consent bombing Britain sends out its RAF fighter to protect the skies. Hitler deemed this consent bombing was wasting resources and ends the attack -
Lend Lease
Britain asks America for supplies, America accepts as long as they get paid back and get control of islands. Britain was low on supplies and America had them. The alliance between Britain and America grow while the alliance with Germany worsens -
Germany Invades the Soviet Union
Germany invades the Soviet Union until they try to take over Stalingrad. After many months of fighting the Germany army runs out of supplies and has to surrendered. Germany has retreat out of the Soviet Union. -
Operation Barbarossa
This offensive invasion was put into action when Hitler decided that he could not just push trough Britain. He then aimed his sights onto the Soviet Union. Although initially the operation was successful when Germany got to Stalingrad they received heavy fire and had to pull back. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese air force surprises America by attacking Pearl Harbor. From a political viewpoint the reason why Japan attacks America is because it is one of the last countries preventing an Asian Empire. Strategically Pearl Harbor held a majority of the US Navy's ships. -
America Declares War
A day after the Pearl Harbor attack America declares war on Germany and Japan. This delectation throws America into the war. -
Bataan Death March
After the battle of Bataan the allied men that surrounded were forced to walk 62 miles to boxcars and terrible heat. Many men died due to beatings and dehydration. -
Battle of Midway
The Japanese wanted to ambush American cruisers but America got word of the plan and set up an ambush of their own, trying to attack four of the Japanese cruisers. America won the battle and it was a turning point of the war giving America a defensive position -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
In German occupied Poland the Jewish resistance rose up and fought against the Germans. -
D-Day
The allied powers needed a stronghold in German controlled Europe. Many allied power got together for a beach landing in Normandy, France. The allies win the battle and this causes a turning point for the war in Europe. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
The first country to do this was the Soviet Union when they invaded a camp in Poland -
Battle of the Bulge
In the winters of 1944 Hitler decided to do one last German offensives in which he would split up the allied powers. This attacked failed and the allies moved deeper into Germany -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was an American offensive in which the Americans would take the island of Iwo Jima and it was one of the last Pacific Theater battles of WWII -
Atomic Bombs
After Germany surrendered Japan decided not to. America decided that the best course of action to end the war was to drop to nuclear bombs, Fat Man & Little Boy. After the bombs dropped Japan surrendered.
