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World War II Mr. Freniere
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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, known in Poland as the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive War, and in Germany as the Poland Campaign, was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War II. -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
On the morning of 9 April 1940 Denmark and Norway were attacked by Germany. ... Denmark thus became an occupied country controlled by Nazi Germany. COOPERATION WITH GERMANY. The Danish government then began to cooperate with the German occupiers. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. -
War drafting
almost 16 million American men between the ages of 21 and 36 are forced to register at one of 6,500 draft boards across the country. close to 50 million men would register during the war. -
Bismarck
The German ship "bismarck" which was the first of two bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine went on it's first mission and was hunted down and sunk shortly after -
Operation Barbosa
Germany invaded Russia without declaring war where the soldiers fight the Russians and now Hitler is fighting a two-front battle. -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese warplanes, launched from aircraft carriers far out at sea, attack the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, based on a plan by Isoroku Yamamoto. One hundred-sixty-four American aircraft, mostly on the ground, are destroyed. And 2,403 Americans are killed. On the day that President Roosevelt would call "a date which will live in infamy," the Japanese also hit Guam, Wake Island, the Philippines, Malaya and Hong Kong. -
Liberation of Rome
Allied forces fought fierce battles up the boot of Italy during World War II. The breakthrough and the breakout both succeeded, and the Allies drove north to liberate Rome on June 4, 1944. Allied troops marched through Rome as liberators, wildly applauded by cheering crowds. -
Battle of Normandy
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Code named Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In August 1945, the US Air Force dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They caused hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties and were shortly followed by the surrender of Japan and the end of World War 2. It was the first and only time that atomic bombs have been used in a war.
