All About WW2 Events

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  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
    <ahref='http://missschlegelsocialstudies.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/5/8/16585060/886321.jpg' >Newspaper Primary Source</a> Germany invades Poland. This marks the beginning of WWII

  • France and Great Britain

    France and Great Britain
    France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. This marks the beginning of allies

  • Armistice

    Armistice
    The French sign the Armistice after Hitler emerges victorious over France.

  • Italy Invades Greece

    Italy Invades Greece
    Italy invaded Greece, starting the Greco-Italian War. Also, The Warsaw Ghetto Forms rise.

  • Surprise Britain Attack

    Surprise Britain Attack
    Erwin Rommel attacks great Britain by surprise.

  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    Primary Source Operation Barbarossa. Code name for Germany’s attack to the Soviet Union.

  • Cut Oil Shipments

    Cut Oil Shipments
    Roosevelt cuts the oil shipments to Japan because of their plans

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Primary Source Attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. This makes the US enter the war

  • Final Solution

    Final Solution
    Hitler begins the Final Solution. It is a plan to kill all Jews.

  • Tokyo Bombing

    Tokyo Bombing
    Primary Source 16 bombers bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities under the command of Doolittle

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    Battle of Midway. Battle between Japan and US by air in a little island in the middle of Japan and the US

  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    Battle of Guadalcanal
    Battle of Guadalcanal. Also called Operation Watchtower. It was the first major attack by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Primary SourceD-Day. Allies invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord. Largest seaborne invasion in history.

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    Primary Source Battle of the Bulge. Last ditch attempt by Hitler to split the Allies in two in their drive to Germany and let them without supplies.

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    MEeting of the heads of the government to decide what will happen to Europe post-WW

  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    Largest assault in the Pacific War of WW2. It lasted 82 days.

  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany Surrenders
    Primary Source Germany surrenders. The allies win. This signifies the end of war for Europe.

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    Primary Source Bombing of Hiroshima. US first atomic bomb dropped in Japan

  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki
    Primary Source Bombing of Nagasaki. US second atomic bomb dropped in Japan.

  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders
    Primary Source Japan surrenders after treats by the US of a 3rd bomb. The war officially ends.