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German invasion of Poland
England and France declared war, because Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Part of Czechoslovakia was given to Germany in the mid-1930s. The Soviet Union joined the Germans side. The was the first mark of the beginning of the war in europe. -
German invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Germany, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Luxemburg were involved. Germany captured all those countries. Hitler invades all those countries and annexes them using an intelligent plan called ’’blitzkried’’, which means ’’Lightning War”. This plan involves armored troops and air support from the air planes. This event changes the borders of Germany because its territory extends. Because Hitler had so much power in Europe, he was a threat to the world. Because he annexed so many co -
Invasion and fall of France
They used blitzkrieg tactics to invade France. France held on until June 25, when it signed an armistice with Germany. This event ended the Phony war. During the fighting, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and many French soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, code-named Operation Dynamo by the British, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and the early hours of 4 June 1940, because the British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk in the Second World War. -
Battle of Britain
The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date.The result was the Decisive British victory. -
Operation of Barbossa
It was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War.The location was the European part of the USSR, including present-day Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Western Russia. The result was the Axis conquers vast areas of the Soviet Union and inflicts heavy losses on the Red Army, but fails in its overall strategic goal of defeating the USSR in a Blitzkrieg campaign. -
Japan attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack came as a profound shock to the American people and led directly to the American entry into World War II in both the Pacific and European theaters. -
Battle of El Alamein
This was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa (Panzerarmee Afrika). The results were Tactical stalemate Strategic Allied victory. -
Battle of Midway
The battle is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. It lasted from the 4th to the 7th of June. The result was the Decisive American victory. -
Operation Husky
The Invasion of Sicily was the start of the Allies assault on German occupied Europe. Churchill described Sicily and Italy as the soft underbelly of Europe but there were many hard fought battles before the job was done. -
Bombing of Dresden
The bombing was a strategic military attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World War. The resulting firestorm destroyed 15 square miles of the city centre and caused thousands of civilian casualties -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan. Decisive American victory was the result of the battle. it ended March 26 1945. -
Battle of Okinawa
The battle was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. It ended June 21 The result was the Allied victory. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
It took place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The Allies of World War II conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.
The result was the Debated; possibly influenced the surrender of Japan. -
Signing of peace treaty between U.S. and Japan
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d-day
D-Day is the name given to the landing of 160,000 Allied troops in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. The success of the invasion of Normandy was really the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. The invasion, also called “Operation Overlord,” involved five separate landings by American, British, and Canadian troops and was commanded by American General Dwight D. Eisenhower. By August 1944, all of Northern France was under Allied control as Eisenhower began to prepare for the invasion of German
