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Hitler Invades Poland
Hitler sought the nonaggression pact in order to neutralize the possibility of a French-Polish military alliance against Germany before Germany had a chance to rearm. This was the start of World War 2. -
Germany takes France
German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium. 100,000 Allie soldiers retreated in Dunkirk by boats. -
Battle of Britain
Was a defense battle by Britain when the Germans tried to bomb Britain. Part of the reason the allies won was because their knew when Germany were coming by rader. -
FDR "Lend-lease" act
FDR signed a act to aid Britain in the was against Germany. America didn't want to fight the war so they just aided the allies. The effect was Germany u-boats started sinking America boats. -
Germany VS Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Hitler reason for invading was to have Lebensraum "Living Space". The effect was that Germany lost and was a turning point for the eastern front. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan had a secret bombing raid on Pearl Harbor where America had their navel base. -
America declares war on Germany and Japan
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the US declared war on them during WWII. Since they declared war on japan they also have to fight their allies Germany. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. -
D-Day
Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The Allies took over the beach. -
Battle of Midway
Air battle with Japan and the US. The US code breaking major part of the battle. This was a major turn point in the war for the US. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Jewish ghetto was sealed off by brick walls, barbed wire and armed guards, and anyone caught leaving was shot on sight. 7,000 Jews perished during the Warsaw ghetto uprising, while nearly 50,000 others who survived were sent to extermination or labor camps. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945, and was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
battle of iwo jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan. Was one of the bloodiest war during the WWII and America won. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Liberation Of The Concentration Camps when the Allies advanced across Europe at the end of the Second World War, they came across concentration camps filled with sick and starving prisoners. The first major camp to be liberated was Majdanek near Lublin, Poland -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The last axis power Japan was still standing at the end of the war and they would't surrender. The US dropped two nukes and Japan surrendered.
