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Germany Invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated in a few weeks of the invasion. German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border. -
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World War II
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Battle of Britian
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II war waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during 1940. The objective of the attack was to gain air control over the Royal Air Force. Their efforts failed as they were defeated and left British Airspace months after. -
Attack of Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Empire against the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. This attack was meant to make sure that the U.S would not interfere with japans actions in the pacific and destroy their Naval ships to prevent that from happening -
Battle of Midway
One month after the Battle of the Coral Sea he United States defeated an attack against the Japanese Empire at the US island and naval base called Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese Empire's navy and soldiers. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the Brish-American invasion of French North Africa during World War II during the North African Campaign, started on 8 November 1942. -
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk took place when Nazi German and Solviet forces attacked one and other on the Eastern Front in the city of Kursk in the Soviet Union. It remains both the largest series of armored clashes, and the costliest single day of air attacks in to this day in history It was the final offensive the Nazi Germans were able to do in the east before they started loosing ground. -
Normandy Landings
The Normandy landings is the arrival of the the Allied forces on the coast of the French city Normandy in 1944, when they began to force German soldiers to leave France. The day on which they landed, 6 June 1944, is called D-Day. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima which lasted from February 19th to March 26th, 1945)was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually got the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanse Empire during Pacific War of World War II. -
Battle of Berlin
When the Solviet offensive resumed, two Soviet squardrons attacked Berlin from the east and south, while a third overran German forces at north of Berlin. The battle within the city lasted from 20 April until the morning of 2 May. This was the final battle for Nazy Germany before it was overrun by the Solviet forces.
