-
On this day in 1933, after trying to take power by force, Adolf Hitler becomes Leader of the Nazis and chancellor of Germany. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany
Photo: https://hubpages.com/education/Did-Adolf-Hitler-Become-Chancellor-of-Germany-in-a-Legal-Constitutional-Way -
Germany breaks Non-Aggression Pact by invading Czechoslovakia, and make France and Great Britain realize that Hitler cannot be trusted. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
Photo: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/endofappeasementrev1.shtml -
German forces invade Poland by bombarding them on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler wanted to regain back the territories he lost. Due to this invasion World War 2 begins. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
Photo: http://englishworldwar2.weebly.com/germans-invade-poland.html -
On this day, Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
http://www.historyonthenet.com/authentichistory/1939-1945/1-war/1-39-41/ -
On this day in 1940, Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, declares war on France and Great Britain, and eventually enter WW2. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-declares-war-on-france-and-great-britain
http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/569527?imagelist=1 -
On this day, the Battle of Britain started. This battle consisted four phases: Phase I - The Channel Battles, Phase II - Eagle attack, Phase III - The Blitz, Phase 4 - The End of the Battle. Date and photo: http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/battle-britain/history.page
-
On this day, Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, with hundreds of Japanese fighter planes. This attacked caused the USA to join WW2. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Photo: https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack -
The Battle of Coral Sea was the first air-sea battle in history. The Japanese wanted to control the coral sea by invading Port Moresby with aircrafts carrier planes, but they were intercepted by allied Americans, with aircrafts and ships. Both sides suffered lots of damage, but the Japanese didn't have enough planes to continue their invasion, resulting in a Allied victory. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Coral-Sea
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea -
After the US surrendered of the Bataan Peninsula, 75,000 Filipino and American troops had to march 65 miles to prison camps. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
Photo: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/albert-brown-oldest-survivor-world-war-ii-bataan-death-march-dies-105-article-1.949837 -
The Battle of Midway was a battle fought almost with nothing but aircrafts. In this battle the US destroyed almost all of Japan's first line carrier strength and their best naval pilots. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway
-
The Battle of Stalingrad, was a battle of defense of the city of Stalingrad, in USSR. It was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with approximately 2 million casualties. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
-
On this day, Italy surrenders to Allies publicly announced that Italy surrendered to their Allies. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
-
On this day, the Allied Nations landed on five different beaches on France's Normandy region to liberate northern France. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
Photo: http://www.ddaybattletours.com/ -
On this day, Soviet Soldiers entered the Majdanek Camp in Poland and liberated thousands of prisoners. https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724
Photo: http://survincity.com/2013/07/liberation-of-the-concentration-camps/ -
On this day, the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division liberated France, after four years of Nazi occupation. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated
Photo: http://www.apimages.com/Collection/Landing/Liberation-of-Paris-1944/30a30c0b93ca4c8d9bf9f737bb7eb596 -
On this day, three German armies launched a deadly and desperate battle in the west in heavily forested Ardennes. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
Photo: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075565/Vivid-new-Battle-Bulge-photos-offer-seen-look-war-weary-soldiers-braving-frigid-weather-fight-Nazi-Germanys-major-offensive-World-War-II.html -
On this day, the American military landed on the island of Iwo Jima, to take a base near the Japanese coast. http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=12
Photo: https://www.emaze.com/@ATIQWLWF/Battle-of-iwo-jima -
On this day, President of the US, Franklin D. Roosevelt, passed away leaving Vice President Truman the power of presidency. FDR died after feeling pain in the back and then suddenly faints and passes away. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies
Photo: https://www.emaze.com/@AICIQCII/Franklin-D.-Roosevelt -
On this day, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany commits suicide by shooting himself with a pistol in a bunker. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
Photo: https://www.emaze.com/@ACTROZCL/the-death-of-hitler -
On this day, Germany surrenders to the Allies, ending European conflict in WW2. Info and photo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/germany-surrenders-allies-date-nazis-wwii_n_3230901.html
-
On this day, the US dropped the first atomic bomb to be used in war, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, with a blast equivalent to the blast of 15,000 tonnes of TNT, killing almost 80,000 people, more people died later due to radiation poisoning. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima
Photo: http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945 -
On this day, the US dropped another atomic bomb on another Japanese city, called Nagasaki, killing almost 40,000 people. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki
Photo: -
On this day, Japan surrenders in the Second World War, due to the destruction of their navy and air force, and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
Photo: http://www.thehistoryreader.com/modern-history/september-2-1945-formal-surrender-japan-images/
You are not authorized to access this page.
