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Germany Invades Poland
Who: Germany and Poland.
What: Germany invades Poland with 1.5 million troops.
Where: Poland.
Why: For living space for the German people.
Interesting fact: Hitler claims the U-boats attacking the Polish naval army was a defensive action.
Impact on war: This lead to France and Britain declaring war. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Who: France and Britain.
What: Declare war on Germany.
Where: Europe.
Why: Germany invaded poland for land.
Interesting fact: These 3 countries also involved in WWI
Impact on war: Beggining of WWII -
Hitler invades France
Who: Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands,
What: Germany advances into France through Belgium and Netherlands
Where: Europe
Why: To gain more land
Interesting fact: Hitler advanced through smaller countries
Impact on war: First conflict between Germany and France during WWII -
Miracle at Dunkirk
Who: Frence troops, British fleet of ships, Germany
What: Frence soldiers saved by British ships
Where: Dunkirk, France
Why: Hitler thought it was a trap because he took france so easy so he backed off and didnt kill them and they were able to flee to britain
Interesting fact: Wasnt a trap, just fluke
Impact on war: Many soldiers saved because of this -
Battle of Britain begins
Who: Germany, Britain
What: Germany and Britain have bombing war with polanes
Where: Britain and Germany
Why: Germany started bombing Britains capital citys
Interesting fact: Germany couldnt out power Britain
Impact on war: Britain fought Germany off -
Pearl Harbour
Who: Japan, USA
What: Japanese launched suprise air attact on US naval base in Pearl Harbour
Where: Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
Why: Japan wanted to expand within Asia and was tired of the negotiations with USA and the embargo so they launched an attack
Interesting fact: 3000 mile journey across the pacific for japanese warfare
Impact on war: Super power USA joined against Germany and JApan -
USA enters the war
Who: U.S.A. , Germany, Japan
What: USA officially declares war on this day
Where: USA
Why: The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
Interesting fact: The USA actually declared war a day after the bombings occured
Impact on war: Brought the most powerful country into the war -
Battle of Midway
Who: Japan, U.S.A.
What: Japan bombs Midway, a US naval aircraft base
Where: Midway
Why: To try and take out the U.S. naval aircraft base
Interesting fact: Americans knew the japanese were coming and set up an ambush on them
Impact on war: Japanese lost 4 irreplacable fleet carriers and the base remained operations playing a key role later on in the war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Who: Germany, Russia
What: Germany attacked Russia to take control of capitol city moscow forcing them to surrender
Where: Stalingrad, Russia
Why: take control of a major industrial city
Interesting fact: Russia actually had more fire power than Germany
Impact on war: Soviets won leaving Germany deflated -
Raid on Dieppe
Who: Germany, Canada
What: Canadians planned a raid near the town of Dieppe
Where: Puys beach, Dieppe France
Why: Combined Operations Headquarters had a good reasons for attempting raid on Dieppe
Interesting fact: Plan was behind shedule, showing canadians earlier and forcing them to get shot at 10m from landing on beach
Impact on war: Canadians forced to retreat with many soldiers left dead -
D-Day
Who: Canada, Germany
What: Canadian troops stormed the beaches of france
Where: Normany, France
Why: to make a push on nazi troops
Interesting fact: most blood shed day in history
Impact on war: pushed the nazis back on their heels -
End of WWII in Europe
Who: Europe
What: Germany surrenders as its attacked from the north, west and south by allies and east by Russia
Where: Europe
Why: Overpowered by being attacked from all sides
Interesting fact: Germany was attacked from all angles
Impact on war: Ended the war in Europe -
A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Who: Japan, U.S.A.
What: U.S. drops an atomic bomb in Japan trying to force them to surrender which would end the war
Where: Hiroshima, Japan
Why: U.S. attempt to force Japan to surrender
Interesting fact: Japan never surrendered forcing a second A-bomb to be dropped.
Impact on war: Killed many people and left Japans morale very low -
A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Who: Japan, U.S.A
What: U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in Japan and devestates the city and it surroundings
Where: Nagasaki, Japan
Why: Japan wouldnt surrender after the first bombing.
Interesting fact: radiation from this bomb is still present in Japan.
Impact on war: Japan formally surrenders on August 14th, 1945 ending the war. -
End of WWII
Who: USA, Japan
What: Japan drops 2 nuclear bombs on japan and they surrender
Where: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Why: To get Japan to Surrender and end the war
Interesting fact: One Bombs name was little boy
Impact on war: Forced Japan to surrender, finally ending the war
