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germany invading poland
September 1st, 1939 was the date world war 2 began with Germany invading Poland. Germany's nazi leader Adolf Hitler seeked to reclaim lost territory and rule Poland. Germany's victory took only a few weeks. Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. Britain and France declared war on germany a few days after the invasion. -
Attack Of Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor was a surprise attack from the Japanese navy on usa's pearl harbor, 2,403 American deaths, 19 U.S navy ships destroyed, and 8 battle ships destroyed. This event is what really pushed the US into world war 2. -
warsaw ghetto uprising
The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance. obviously looking for liberation from nazi germany. the uprising was a failure and resulted in germany destroying the ghetto -
D-day
largest seaborne invasion in history. this event started the liberation of northwestern europe from nazi control. 4,000-9,000 casualties. resulted in the beginning to the end of war in europe. -
Heroshmi
the U.S bombing Heroshmi was the final stage of world war 2. the USA dropped atomic bombs on two of japans cities taking 129,000 japanese lives. japan surrendered to the U.S shortly after the bombings.
