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Germany and the Soviet Union invade poland
Hitler invades Poland so that he can start uniting all German speaking people, and the USSR is just conquering land. -
Germany invades France and captures Paris
Germany invades France and forces the French government to flee to Britain so the government doesn't get over thrown. -
Germany began bombing Great Bitain
Germany starts dropping bombs on all the large cities in Britain every few hours hoping that they would force them to surrender but britain fights back and they don't surrender. -
United States passes the Lend Lease act
the United states begins giving weapons to the allied forces and has them pay them back when they can -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was when Germany decided to attempt conquer the Soviet Union. which was the reason that the Russians joined the allied forces. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan Bombed the naval fleet that was docked at pearl harbor because the united states stopped selling them oil. -
United States declares war on Japan and Germany
The United States declared war on Japan because they attacked pearl harbor and destroyed a large amount of our naval fleet and since Germany and Japan were allies we also declared war on Germany. -
Bataan Death March
over 75 thousand phillipino and american troops were forced to march around 65 miles after they were forced to surrender to the Japanese. -
U.S. wins the battle of Midway
the battle of midway occurred about 6 months after the attack on pearl harbor, this was the turning point for the United States over the war in the Pacific -
Germany invades stalingrad
the battle of Stalingrad was where the German army attempted to take it over but was stopped by the Russians. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
the Warsaw uprising happened because the Germans were trying to move all the Jews who lived there to concentration camps or to killing camps. -
Allied forces land in Normandy commencing the beginning of D-Day
D-Day is when the allied forces began taking control of the heavily fortified beaches in Normandy, over 150,000 soldiers landed and eventual taking over a crucial part which led to the liberation of pairs. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans attempted to split up the allied forces in northwest Europe. They took the allied forces by surprise because they used the tactic called Blitzkrieg, however the inexperienced Americans were able to fight the Germans off but suffered a lot of casualties. -
Liberation of Concentration camps
The Liberation of Concentration camps took place in the end of the war, some liberated before others. the Russians were the first to overrun and liberate a concentration camp, this took place around July 23, 1944. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
the battle of Iwo Jima is one of the most iconic battles that the united states has ever won, iwo Jima is most remembered by a statue of a group of US Marines raising up the american flag. -
The United States bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States makes a statement by dropping an atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the casualties were so great, both for civilians and the military
