The War in Europe 1939-1945

By AlecMakin13

  • Germnay invades Poland

    The Germans were swift to invade Poland soon after the war had started and easily defeated them within a month. This was helped by the Russians invading eastern Poland in the same month as part of the Nazi-Soviet pact made in August. The germans then controlled Western Poland while Russia controlled Eastern Poland. Soon after germany occupied Norway in April 1940 and were feeling confident

  • Germany invade France

    After his victories elsewhere Hitler took the bold step of invading France in May 1940. It was a great success for the Germans, as they forced British forces out of France after they evacuated from beaches at Dunkirk in June of 1940.

  • Invasion of Russia

    Hitler opted against invading Britain and instead decided to invade Russia who he considered weak. This invasion was a major turning point in the war in Europe and worldwide. 3 million Germans invaded Russia and by October 15th the Germans had swept through Russia and were only 100km from the Russian capital Moscow. However they were slowed down significantly by the Russians. This meant Germany lost their ally in Russia and created a war on 3 fronts for Hitler which bogged his resources down.

  • Japan entered War

    In December 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on America at Pearl harbour on the American's Pacific naval base. They also attacked British bases in the far East. This meant the other allies Germany and Italy also declared war on USA. Japanese then captured British naval base at Singapore taking 62'000 allied prisoners.