history timeline

By amirasmith

  • German invasion of Poland which officially began WWII.

    said that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers and enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention.
  • German invasion of France and the capture of Paris.

    German invasion of France and the capture of Paris.

    German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end
  • Germany bombed London and the Battle of Britain.

    Germany bombed London and the Battle of Britain.

    was a military campaign of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force
  • Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union.

    Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union.

    made by Hitler in violation of the existing treaty with Stalin, it was made to provide the Reich with 'living space.
  • Japan bombing of Pearl Harbor.

    Japan bombing of Pearl Harbor.

    Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It destroyed the American battleship
  • The Battle of Bataan and the Bataan Death March

    The Battle of Bataan and the Bataan Death March

    American prisoners of war uses improvised litters to carry fallen comrades at Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac,
  • The United States victory in Battle of Midway

    The United States victory in Battle of Midway

    The U.S Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll
  • D-Day invasion to begin the liberation of Western Europe.

    D-Day invasion to begin the liberation of Western Europe.

    Allies of World War II launched the largest invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy on the northern coast of France
  • Decision to use atomic bombs on Japan to end the war

    Decision to use atomic bombs on Japan to end the war

    what happened? B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
    why it happened? President Truman got mad by the Japanese response to the Potsdam Conference’s demand for unconditional surrender made the decision to use the atom bomb to end the war in order to prevent what he predicted.
    effects of the event about 80,000 people are killed as a result of the blast and 35,000 are injured. At least 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects
  • The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII

    The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII

    was the forced relocation in camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people.