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German-Soviet Nonaggresion Pact
Link The German-Soviet Nonaggression pact was a treaty signed between Hiter and Stalin to insure nonagression against one another in the war. This came as a surprise to the world. This pact allowed Germany to invade Poland more or less unopposed. Hitler would later break this pact by invading the Soviet Union. -
The Invasion of Poland
Link The germans successfully invaded Poland on September 1st, 1939.
Warsaw surrendered on September 27th, 1939 to the German forces. This caused France and Britian to declare war on Germany shortly after. Poland remained under German occupation until January 1945. -
The Battle of the Atlantic
linkThe Battle of the Atlantic was a naval struggle between the United States and Germany. This was the longest continuing military campaign in World War II. Alongside the American's naval force was the Canadian Navy. They fought for five years against German U-Boats, Battle-Ships and the German Luftwaffe, until Germany Surrenders in 1945.
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Battle of the River Plate
Link The first navel battle of World War II. Took place in the battle of the south atlantic on December 13th, 1939. The American's royal navel battled it out with the German's Graf Spee. Though the Graf Spee was successful in it's task, it was also destroyed in the process. This trade proved hurtful to the Germans. -
Invasion of Norway
Link Code named Operation Weserunbung, it was the German's invasion on Denmark and Normandy on April 9th, 1940. The German's invaded Norway as an opposed action against a French-British occupation. -
The Battle of France
Link Also known as the Fall of France, this event took place during the second World War in which Germany invaded small countries as well as France. The Germans defeated the French forces during the invasion leading to the capture of the country by the Axis forces and leaving Britain as the sole defender against Germany. -
The Battle of Britian
Link The Battle of Britain was the second World War defence of the United Kingdom. It was an airbattle over Britain to repel German bombing runs over London. This was one of the biggest airbattles in war and was a significant victory for Britain and the allied powers. -
Operation Compass
Link Opposing the Italians were the 31,000 men of Major General Richard O'Connor's West Desert Force.Only one Italian unit was largely mechanized, the Maletti Group, which possessed trucks and a variety of light On September 13, 1940, Graziani gave into Mussolini's demand and attacked into Egypt with seven divisions as well as the Maletti Group.To counter the Italian advance, O'Connor planned Operation Compass which -
Battle of Crete
Link The Battle of Crete was a battled started with Nazi airborne invasions. The Germans suffered heavy casualities against U.S, Greek and Cretan forces. This lead the Allies to believe that they were bound for victory. However, communication failures on the Allies part, followed by a mass of German paratroops, forced the Allies to retreat and evacuate, losing the battle. -
Operation Barbarossa
linkOperation Barbarossa was a German Operation to invade the Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler briefly described his desires to conquer the Soviet Territories in the book Mein Kampf. This operation rendered the previous German-Soviet Nonagreesion pact null and void, bringing the Soviet Union into World War II on the side of the Allies. The Germans were later pushed out of the Soviet Union, ending operation Barbarossa in failure for the Germans. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Link The battle of Stalingrad was a significant battle that took place on the Eastern Front in which Nazi Germany fought against the Soviet Union after the invasion of the Soviet uninon in Operation Barbossa. This battle ended with German surrender in 1943. This was the first major German defeat since the war had began. -
Battle of the Bismarck Sea
Link The Battle of the Bismarck sea was a small naval battle that took place in the south west pacific. In this battle, American and Australian Naval forces sunk eight Japanese transporter ships and four destroyers. The attempts to fortify Lae by the Japanese failed and were discountinued after this. -
The Potsdamn Conferance
linkIn the meeting of the Potsdamn Conferance between the three main ally leaders, Stalin, Churchhill and President Harry Truman. During the couple months they met continuesly, they discussed how post-war Germany would be divided. While Truman and Churchhill were mainly agreed on government while Stalin wasn't in favor of democracy and elections. -
