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German invasion of Poland "Blitzkrieg"
The germans declared war on Poland Defeating them weeks later. The Germans invaded Poland because they needed Lebensraum or known as Living space for the german people. This invasion was the kick off for WW2. -
The Miracle of Dunkirk
The Miracle of Dunkirk was the evacuation of all allied soldiers on the Belgian coast. This happened because the germans were moving east already trying to capture and win wars. The impact it left showed that the Britain army could stand up to the big bully known as the germans. -
The Battle of Britain
The Luftwaffe bombed German cities, Germany was heated so they came back with the bombing of London making a big air fight. Germany Bombed London making a big conflict between Britain and Germany. Both sides took big tolls and the Luftwaffe had a hard time coming back from the big attack. -
Attack on pearl Harbor
The Imperial Japanese did a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Attacking them on a Sunday morning. They were trying to pick certain ships to sink so the U.S. wouldn't have an easy way to attack japan. The U.S. entered the war -
The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII
it was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry. it was accessed because of the bombing of pearl harbor making Japanese people to evacuate the west. -
Bataan Death march
April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45). Approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. -
Battle of StalinGrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943), was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd). It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Battle of Stalingrad is considered by many historians to have been the turning point in World War Two in Europe. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. U.S wants to end the war with the winning of D-Day.
With Hitler’s armies in control of most of mainland Europe, the Allies knew that a successful invasion of the continent was central to winning the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. U.S. wanted to control the airfields so the Japanese couldn't take out battle ships. The airfields were shut down. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development of first nuclear weapon. It happened because U.S wanted to end WW2. It ended WW2.
