Wars in the Pacific and Europe

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    On September 1, 1939 Poland was invaded by Germany. After weeks of invasion Poland is finally defeated. It was stated that from Germany to Purissa about 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes had broke through the defense of Poland. Finally after all the boming and the huge attack Poland surrendered on September 27, 1939.
  • Germany invades France

    Germany invades France
    Germany had attacked France on May 10, 1940. The britain and the French thought that the Germans would attack through central Belgium, but thay had attacked through Ardennes Forest in southeastern Belgium. France had surrended and about 300,000 French nd Britain troops were evacuated. The next month Germans tok over the French capital.
  • Germany invades Soviet Union

    Germany invades Soviet Union
    On June 2, 1941 Germany invaded the Soviet Union which had also been in the biggest German military operation in World War 2. The damagem of the Soviet Union by military force caused an eternal elimanation of the party threat to Germany. Hitler hd also viewed the German-Soviet nonaggression pact, and after France and the low countries were conquested by Germany is when Hitler decided to attack the Soviet Union. Y65X2TJ5
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
    On December 7, 1941 Japan released a suprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pear Herbor in Hawaii. After two hours of bombing more than2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships were either sunk or damaged, and about 188 U.S. aircraft ships were destroyed. The attack on Pearl Harbor was so horrible that the U.S. didn't follow the policy of isolationism and declared war on Japan the following day, which had oficially brought the U.S. into World War 2.
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway
  • Th Battle of Guadalcanal

    Th Battle of Guadalcanal
    It was stated that the Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and decisive victory for the allies in the Pacific. Scince the Japanese troops were in the Solomon Island the U.S. marines set a suprise attack and took control of an air base under construction. Japan and the U.S. had been battling for about a year until Japan had suffered to much and finally removed themselves form Guadalcanalby February 1943.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Opertion overload (which was given to the up coming Aliied invasion of France) began on D-Day. On D-Day 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces had landed on beaches on the coast of France's Region. This invasion was one of the largest military assults in history.
  • Battle of Bulge

    Battle of Bulge
    After the allies attempted to cross the borders of Germany in 1944 the Germans decided to try one last time to reverse their wealth. They created an operation called "Watch on the Rhine" whih was intended to seperate the British and US forces in France.
  • U.S. forces take Iwo Jima

    U.S. forces take Iwo Jima
  • The Fire Bombing of Tokyo

    The Fire Bombing of Tokyo
  • Battle of Berlin

    Battle of Berlin
  • VE Day

    VE Day
  • American drop atomic bombs

    American drop atomic bombs
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day