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Hitler's Invasion on Czechoslovakia
In 1938, the Treaty of Munich was created and it was decided that Hitler should have the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. He promised those who met with him that he would not invade the Sudetenland once it was given to him......but obviously he lied and defied the treaty. This made it clear that the Appeasement Policy would not stop Hitler. -
Hitler's Invasion on Poland
Hitler's focus was to regain lost territory and he claimed that it's use would be living space for the "superior" German race. In addition to that, his new war tactic, the "blitzkrieg" strategy, was introduced. Along with the invasion, Hitler and Stalin secretly planned to divide Poland and split the territory. -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
Because of Hitler's decision to disobey the Treaty of Munich and to invade Poland, war was declared upon Germany. Britain and France guaranteed help to Poland before Germany advanced with the invasion. Once they did, Britain and France stuck their ground and started the war. -
Rationing Begins in UK
At the start of the war, Britain received more than two thirds of its food from other merchant vessels that they had allied with. To cause hardship for the British, enemy forces aimed for those vessels to prevent significant resources from reaching the UK. -
British Victory in Battle of Britain
By 1940, the British were standing alone up against Germany, for France was defeated and opted out of the war. The Battle of Britain was to gain "air superiority". Germany had been targeting the Royal Air Force and basically Britain's civilians for a while, but failed to pull through. Because of the British victory, a ground invasion and German occupation was prevented. -
Hitler Starts Operation Barbarossa
Throughout the war, Hitler had his eyes on the Russian resources. Even though they were allied with the Soviets, Hitler struck up the plan, Operation Barbarossa, to surprise attack the Soviet Forces. Unfortunately for him, the Nazi Forces could not keep up with, or defeat the Russian and Soviet Troops. -
US Enters the War
Japan had been focusing on taking parts of China and were also looking to conquer the Dutch East Indies and Malaya territories to gain more resources. This only added on to the tension that was already building between the US and Japan. The best option for the Japanese was to surprise the US and break down their pacific fleets, so they bombed us at Pearl Harbor. Because of this, the US were forced to enter the war. -
American Victory at Battle of Midway
The Japanese planned to attack the Midway Islands and to defeat whatever was left of the US Naval troops after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Their forces were not strong enough to defeat the US fleets, for America only lost one carrier compared to japan's loss of all four of their carriers. The travel of the Japanese Navy across the Pacific was stopped. -
Jewish Mass Murder at Auschwitz Begins
Concentration and labor camps had already been created, but Auschwitz was the first to transform into an extermination camp. Permanent gas chambers were added into the camps and were intended to kill millions, which was accomplished. -
First Major German Defeat
Germany was advancing toward Southern Russia and them and their allies fought with the Soviet Union for the power to control the city of Stalingrad. At the beginning, the German's were strong, but the conditions started to wear them down. Hitler was set on "no surrender!", but his armies were failing and so the leader von Paulus went against Adolf's will. -
D-Day
This was the beginning of the end of the second world war. Operation Overlord was created and America and their allies went to fight the biggest battle of the war on the Normandy beaches of France. The goal was to liberate all of Western Europe from Germany's grip. America and their allies were victorious and changed the direction of the war. -
Liberation of Guam by the US
In 1941, the first Battle of Guam was when the Japanese captured the US territory of the Mariana Islands. In the battle of 1944, the liberation of Guam had taken place. It took about three weeks to complete it and there were over 7000 total casualties. -
Auschwitz Liberated by Soviet Troops
The very beginning of the year of 1945, the Soviet Army went to Auschwitz to free more than 7,000 sick and dying prisoners. Days before the liberation, about 60,000 prisoners were forced to leave the camp and march to their death. Around at least 1.3 million prisoners were sent to Auschwitz in the five years of the war, and it was estimated that 1.1 million of them were killed. -
Germans Surrender
Once the Russians reached Berlin, Hitler realized that he had been defeated. On April 30th, Adolf Hitler commit suicide, leaving only one option to the rest of Germany. On May 2nd and 4th, the German forces in Italy, Northwest Germany, Holland, and Denmark surrendered to the Allies. Hitler's successor gave unconditional surrender. -
Japan Surrenders
Because of Japan's refusal to surrender, the island, Hiroshima was bombed. Once they refused again, island Nagasaki, was demolished by another atomic bomb. With those actions, the Japanese has no option other than to surrender and end the second world war.
