World War 2 Events

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    German wanted all there land back that they had in WW1 so they invaded poland and took over poland.
  • German Blitzkreig AKA Lightning War

    German Blitzkreig AKA Lightning War
    This is a military tatic that the Germans used to surprise their opponits with a quick and fast attack with ground soilders and tanks and planes .
  • Fall of Paris

    Fall of Paris
    Fall os Paris also known as the battle of paris was when the Germans invaded France and took over.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacked use because we took their oil supplies away and this was like their way at getting back on us.
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
    Nazi-Germany took jews and put them in the Warsaw ghetto and made them wear identificaton marks of the star od david and Hitler wanted all the jew in Poland died.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    3 countries the USA Canada and Great Britian attack the Nowmandy beach of France. It was the only way to get into Europe and get into Germany. There was groud troups tanks planes. It a day our country will never forget.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    It's when Germany attacked the Ardennes. Germany surprised attacked them. The Ardennes didn't see it comming. Germany wants their land back and to gain power. Germans won the battle.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    U.S. Marines landed in the island of Iwo Jima and evnetually captured it from the Japanese Imperial Army.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    U.S. and United Kngdom codenamed this operation Iceberg. It was a series of battles in the Ryukyu island centered in the island of Okinawa.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    Is the vitory in Europe Day! It was the day we got into europe yo stop the Germans and the war.
  • Dropping atomic bombs

    Dropping atomic bombs
    The U.S. dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan because they wouldn't surrender and we didn't want to loss half a million soilders trying to get into Japan to stop WW2.
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    After the Atomic Bombs the Japanese finally surrendered on boardthe U.S.S. Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. On September 2 Truman declared it as VJ Day.