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WWII

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  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    German troops invade Poland. Tanks from Germany invade through Poland's borders. This was Hitlers idea of BlitzKrieg or Lightining War. Which ment massive use of tanks, motirzied infantry, and airforce.

  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    Four million troops went over the Russian border. Within one month, over two and half million Russians had been killed, wounded or captured. The Germans made huge advances into Russia

  • Pear Harbor

    Pear Harbor
    The imperial Japanese Navy led a suprise military strike on the U.S naval base in Pear Harbor, Texas. The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes. After this day the United States declared war on Japan.

  • Battle of Miday

    Battle of Miday
    The United States Navy defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet. The Japanese were hoping to gain control of the Pacific but failed.

  • Capture of Naples

    Capture of Naples
    The U.S. Fifth Army captures Naples, Italy

  • The "Big Three"

    The "Big Three"
    Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet in Teheran, Iran

  • Britain bombs Germany

    Britain bombs Germany
    British bombers drop 2.800 tons of bombs on Berlin, Germany

  • America Bombs Berlin

    America Bombs Berlin
    American B-24 of the US Eighth Army Air Force bombers drop 2.000 tons of bombs on Berlin, Germany

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France. The armies fought their way through France and Belgium and into Germany

  • The First Atomic Bomb Is Dropped

    The First Atomic Bomb Is Dropped
    The first uranium bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Named Little Boy. When droppped within one minunte 66,000 were killed and 69,000 wounded.