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Germany invaded Poland
German attacked Poland with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border. Adolf Hitler invaded Poland to get back the that Germany lost. Germany directly annexed those former Polish territories along German's eastern border. I found this information on History.com -
Germany invaded France and captured Paris.
Germany brought war to western Europe with the primary goal of conquering France. Elite squads of German paratroopers were dropped onto Allied points along the front, neutralizing a key element of France’s defense strategy. -
Battle of Britain begins
On 7 September 1940, the Luftwaffe unleashed a merciless bombing campaign against London and Britain's major cities. German bombers attacked British cities, ports and industrial areas. The Battle of Britain had failed, Hitler thought that by bombing the British into submission he would then be able to invade them. I got this information on the website The History Place -
Lend Lease
The lend-lease program provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United States.It provided that the president could ship weapons, food, or equipment to any country whose struggle against the Axis assisted U.S. The United States advanced to the edge of war because of it. I found this information at the website History. -
Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany and its Axis allies began a massive invasion of the Soviet Union named Operation Barbarossa.Hitler had long had his eye on Soviet resources.German forces advanced 200 miles into Soviet territory, destroyed nearly 4,000 aircraft, and killed, captured, or wounded some 600,000 Red Army troops. I found this information at History.com. -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Japan wanted to start an Empire but the United States stood in it ways. The FDR froze Japan's financial assets and stopped exporting oil to Japan. The United States tried to talk peace with Japan but Japan did not want peace. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The Japanese attack on Pearl caused about 2400 dead, almost 200 planes destroyed and 8 battleships destroyed or damaged. It pushed Americans into the war that they were avoiding for so long. I found this information -
The United States declared war on Japan and Germany.
Japan bombing Pearl Harbor was a surprise to everyone. Hitler took that as an opportunity to declare war on the U.S. Soon after that the U.S. declared war on Germany and Japan. Japan surrendered. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula.The day after Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines began. In total 10,000 men, 1,000 American and 9,000 Filipino died during the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Midway
The United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. It was a turning point in the Pacific War. It stopped the expansion of the Japan Empire. I found this information on SpyGlass Hill(Battle of Midway). -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million. Hitler's primary task was to secure the oil fields in the Caucasus and to do this. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. -
Liberation of concentration camps
The Germans under the command of SS General Juergen Stroop, began the final destruction of the ghetto and the deportation of the remaining Jews. After a few days, the troops retreated. This small victory inspired the ghetto fighters to prepare for future resistance.I found this information on History.com. -
D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe.
The Battle of Normandy led liberation from Nazi's in Europe. More than 4,000 Allied troops lost their lives in the D-Day invasion, with thousands more wounded or missing. Hitler was not able to to send his troops to France's Eastern front against the rest of the Soviets. I found this information on The Atlantic. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
The Germans blow up the Great Synagogue in Warsaw, signaling the end of the uprising and the destruction of the ghetto.The significance reason for the uprising went far beyond those who fought and died. There was a long term effect on Communist Poland. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive.The Battle of Bulge was an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. Nothing really changed because it was an unsuccessful attempt to push the Allies back from German home territory. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands more died in the following weeks from wounds and radiation poisoning. Three days later, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing nearly 40,000 more people.
