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WWII ET Block 1

By clyonsehs

  • German-Russian non-aggression pact

    Germany and Russia will not attack each other.
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    WWII European Theater

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Event: The German Army invades Poland utilizing the Blitzkrieg tactic.
    When: September 1, 1939.
    Who: German Army.
    What: German troops invade a foreign country.
    Where: Poland.
    Significance: Causes Briton and France to declare war on Germany starting WWII.

  • Britan and France declare war on Germany

    WWII has officially begun

  • Russia invaeds Poland

    Soviets invade Poland based on their deal with Germany

  • Poland Surrenders to Germany

    The first country of the war officially falls to Hitler's army.

  • Assasination Attempt on Hitler

    Hitler's terror could have stopped before it really had a chance to start. It also shows that many Germans did not like Hitler.

  • Germany invades Norway and Denmark

    First signs that the "phoney war" is false and Hitler truely is trying to conqure all of Europe.

  • Germany invades Holland and Belgium

    Germany continues to expand its territory in Europe.

  • German campaign to take Netherlands, Belgium and France

    Germany gains France, Belgium and the Netherlands

  • The Battle of Dunkirk

    British troops evacute accross the English Channel after defet by the Germans.

  • Belgium Surrenders

  • Italy Invades France

    Axis success and victories

  • France Signs Armistice

    German's defeat the French army and now can focus their efforts on Briton and Russia.

  • Battle of Briton Begins

    The German air-raids on Britain begin

  • Italy Invades Egypt

    Italians, Mussolini, declaire they have restored the "glory of Rome"

  • Battle of Britain ends

    The Germans are defeated in the air over Britan

  • Hungary joins the Axis

    Axis powers gain a military force

  • Bulgeria Joins the Axis

    The Axis powers are growing in numbers

  • Hitler invades the Soviet Uninion

    Hitler breaks the agreement with Russia, causeing Russia to declare war on Germany.

  • RAF bombs Cologn Germany

    One of the first bombing raids on German soil by Allied forces.

  • Hitler Launches "Fall Blau" attack on Russia

    Hitler breaks the peace agreement with Russia. Russia declaires war on Germany.

  • Black Sunday

    Citizens are not evacuated in order ot help the war effort. Many of them die in German attacks

  • Second Battle of El Alamein

    British and American Troops begin to drive Germans and Italians out of Africa

  • Battle of Stalingrad begins

    Russians counter a massive German offensive

  • Germans surrender in Stalingrad

    This is a major turning point in the war

  • German and Italian forces surrender in North Africa

    The African Campaign is over

  • Americans take Sicily

    American led forces are begining the campaign to take southern Europe

  • Mussolini Falls from power

    A new government emerges that is sympathetic to the Allies.

  • Americans enter Rome

    American troops are moving northward in southern Europe.

  • Yalta Conference

    FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet in Yalta to discuss how Europe will be divided.

  • Fall of Berlin

    German forces are overrun by Russian and American forces in Berlin

  • V-E Day

    Germany Surrendors ending the war in Europe.

  • First atomic bomb test

    The first controlled atom bomb test is conducted in the United States

  • Hitler commits suicide

    The leader of the German forces kills himself sending the army into chaos.