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WWII Major Events

  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg
    Germany invades Poland starting WWII. Soviet Union also takes over part of Poland and the rest of the Baltic Nations . Germany uses the Blitzkrieg strategy meaning lighting war.
  • Fall of France

    Fall of France
    Germany invade France and captured Paris. Germany let France operate ,but under Germany's rule. Germany tried to puppet France.
  • America Joins the War

    America Joins the War
    After Pearl Harbor USA declares war on Japan. Germany and japan then declare war on USA. Italy also later declares war on USA.
  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
    The United Sates will supply allied powers in the war for money .
  • Bombing of London

    Bombing of London
    Germany tries to soften up Britain by bombing them continuously 11 months. Germany gives up on GB and turns their eyes to Russia.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    Operation Barbarossa ,original name Operation Fritz , during the World War II , code name for the German invasion of the soviet union .
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The USA stopped trading oil with Japan ,because of the Lend Lease Act. And Japan was trying to expand there territory so they bombed.
  • Bataan death March

    Bataan death March
    The Bataan death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japaneses Army of 60,00-80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war.
  • USA Wins Over the pacific

    USA Wins Over the pacific
    The USA first war vs japan was won and was a turning point in the pacific creating more damage for Hitler to take.
  • Germany Invades Russia but LOSES

    Germany Invades Russia but LOSES
    Germany invades Russia but they did not realize that winter was just around the corner. Winter in Russia is very deadly. The troops Hitler sent to Russia died in the deadly temperatures.
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
    By the end of 1942 , ghetto in habitats learned that the deportation were part of an extermination process. Many of the remaining Jews.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    In the battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the western Front during the World War II. It was launched through the Allies.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The United States , Canada , and France regrouped and launched an attack to recapture Europe. The troops landed on Normandy to take back France First. The allies were very successful ,and took take France.
  • Liberation of Concentration camps

    Liberation of Concentration camps
    Liberation Soviet were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the ending of the war.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    The battle of two Jima was major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    The USA dropped atomic bombs on Japan killing thousands , citizens and was the first retaliation for the United Sates.