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Invasion of Poland 1939
Hitler's first major foreign policy(nonaggression pact) after coming into power with Poland in January 1934. Germany invaded Poland September 1, 1939.The Poland army was defeated in weeks -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg(German term for Lighting war) was a military tactic designed to disorganize enemy forces using concentrated firepower.It preserved lives and and limited expenditure of artillery. This tactic helped the Germans take over the four nations in less than 6 weeks. -
The Fall of Paris
august 19, 1944 the German Garrison surrendered the French Capital on August 25, 1944.The liberation began when the French forces staged an uprising against the Germans. -
Pearl Harbor
on December 8, hundreds of Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor.The barrage lasted two hours, and the Japanese destroyed 20 American naval vessels and wiped out 300 air planes. then the day after, FDR asked Congress to declare a war back on Japan. -
Bataan Death March
Surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese. Marchers made the trek in intense weather conditions and were horribly treated by the Japanese guards. -
The Battle of Midway
happened 6 months after Peal Harbor. American combat forces took over where the intelligence efforts left off. Scouts found the Japanese early in the morning on June 4. -
Battle of Stalingrad
From July 17,1942 through February 2,1943 the battle of Stalingrad took place. it was a successful soviet defense of city of Stalingrad. Russians believe it to be the greatest battle of the Great Patriotic war. It stopped Germany's advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turiningpoint in the war in favor of the Allies. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery begins the allied Invasion at Italian Peninsula. the Italian government agreed to surrender secretly, and no announcement was made until after September 8. -
Normandy Invasion(D-DAY)
Lasted from June 1944 to August 1945. Canadian, american, British forces landed on heavily fortified beaches off the coast of France Normandy region. by August 1944, northern France was liberated, and the allies defeated Germans by the coming up spring. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Allied troops moved across Europe, encountering hundreds of thousands of concentration camps full of prisoners. To hide the evidence, Germans tried to destroy evidence of mass killings by setting massive fires onto the prisoners and the camps. Many were murdered in the camps. -
Battle of the Bulge
December 1944-145, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northeastern Europe. Germany's supplies began to diminish, and helped out American army advancements. -
Operation Thunderclap
Was a plan to invade Berlin, but was later decided that it was unlikely to work, dealing with over 220,000 casualties and with 110,000 killed.It was reconsidered back in 1945, and then shot down once again.Then smaller attacks were coordinated all around Berlin. -
Battle of Okinawa
The last, and the largest battles of the Pacific island. U.S. military overcomes Japanese resistance on Okinawa and it ends ip being the bloodiest battles in WW2. On that day, Okinawa's defense committed suicide instead of surrendering. -
Potsdam Declaration
Potsdam Declaration were the terms for Japanese surrender. Harry Truman, UK prime minister, Winston Churchill, and some other important fellas issued the document that outlined the terms for the surrender. This option stated that if Japan were not to surrender, they would have to face "Prompt and utter destruction" -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
An American B-29 bomber was dropped over the city of Hiroshima; the bomb wiped out nearly 90% if the population(80,000 people) then the exposure to the nuclear bomb killed thousands more days later. on August 15, the Emperor; Hirohito announced his country's unconditional surrender in WWII -
V-J Day
Japan announced their surrender to the Allies; effectively ending WWII. Japan's formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay
