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Invasion of Poland
Who: it was an attack on Poland republic by Nazis
What: both Jewish and non-Jewish, fled the German advance hoping the Polish army could halt the German advance.
Where: German forces broke through Polish defenses along the border and quickly advanced on Warsaw.
Why: persecuting ethnic Germans living in Poland
Fact: the war demonstrated Germany's ability to combine air power and armor in a new kind of mobile warfare
Impact: as Poland became the main killing ground of the Nazi Holocaust -
Hitler invades France
Who: German military strategy involved invading the neutral Low Countries
What: France declared war on Germany after the German invasion of Poland.
Where: across the Somme and Aisne rivers, heading into west central France.
Why: to forestall the French and prevent Allied air power from threatening the industrial area of the Ruhr
Fact: they used German tanks, artillery, and dive bombers attacking Maginot Line
Impact on the war: caused mass destruction to France -
Britain and France declare war
Who: Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
What: in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
Where: encountered occurred near the town of Mons along the Franco-Belgian border
Why: They had pledged to defend Poland against Hitler, Fact:. it was hours after Germany entered France
Impact on the war: More than 1700 German air force planes were destroyed. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
Who: involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers
What: over 338,000 British and French troops were safely evacuated from Dunkirk
Where: the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, in the north of France
Why: The resin it took place was to sav rescue the soldiers of franc and Britain
Fact: the British Royal Air Force, which intercepted German bombers above the beach
Impact on the war: proved to be a key moment in the Allied war effort. -
Battle of Britain
Who: Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Luftwaffe, Nazi Germany's air force
What:In the event, the battle was won by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command
Where:The Battle of Britain was a major air campaign fought largely over southern England
Why:Adolf Hitler aimed to force Britain to submit by bombing, naval blockade or, if necessary, invasion
Fact: Hitler tried to convince Britain to surrender without a fight.
Impact on the war:blocked the possibility of invasion in the future -
USA enters the war
Who:USA entered World War II
What:The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary
Where:The first American hostile action against Axis forces was on 10 April 1941, when the destroyer USS Niblack attacked a German U-boat: the U-52
Why: after the USA declared war on japan, germany had to declare war back on them, which led to it made the eventual defeat of Germany possible THe USA declaring war on germany
Fact:the declaring of war happened three days apart
Impact on the war: -
Pearl Harbor
Who: By the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II
What:Japanese planes filled the sky over Pearl Harbor. Bombs and bullets rained onto the vessels moored below
Where:Pearl Harbor
Why:. Its aim was to weaken the United States Pacific Fleet
Fact:The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes
Impact on the war: weakened the american Pacific fleet -
Battle of Midway
Who:The Battle of Midway brought the Pacific naval forces of Japan and the United States to approximate parity
What:The U.S. Navy's decisive victory in the air-sea battle
Where:Midway Atoll is a 2.4-square-mile atoll in the North Pacific Ocean
Why:Japan hoped to defeat the US Pacific Fleet and use Midway as a base to attack
Fact:American vessels were outnumbered
Impact on the war: japan effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific. -
Raid on Dieppe
Who; Nearly 5,000 of the 6,100 troops were Canadians. The remaining troops consisted of approximately 1,000 British Commandos and 50 American Rangers.
What:The forces attacked at five different points on a front roughly 16 kilometres long
Where:Dieppe, France
Why:t was designed to test new equipment,
Fact:The Dieppe Raid was the first significant Allied action
Impact: helped gain experience and knowledge necessary for planning a great amphibious assault -
Battle of Stalingrad
Who:The Battle of Stalingrad was won by the Soviet Union against a German offensive
What:advancing Germans were finally stopped by the Red Army in desperate house-to-house fighting
Where:on the Eastern Front of World War II
Why:Germany and its allies sought control over this city in Southern Russia.
Fact:t put Hitler and the Axis powers on the defensive, and boosted Russian confidence
Impact on the war:t put Hitler and the Axis powers on the defensive, and boosted Russian confidence -
D-day
Who:The majority of troops who landed on the beaches were from the United Kingdom, Canada and the US. However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day
What:Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare
Where:Normandy, France
Why:allow the Allies to establish a viable presence in northern Europe
Fact:The son of a U.S. President stormed the beaches of Normandy.
Impact on the war:marked the turn of the tide for the control maintained by Nazi Germany -
End of World War II in Europe
Who:Germany Surrenders. Allied soldiers and others read copies of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper May 7, 1945
What: Cessation of formal hostilities and peace treaties is what caused the end
Where:World War II ended with the unconditional surrender of Germany
Why:Germany was greatly outnumbered and overwhelmed
Fact:German armed forces surrendered unconditionally
Impact on the war:millions of people were dead and millions more homeless, -
A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima
Who:President Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb on Japan
What:the bombing had killed an estimated 140,000 people in Hiroshima
Where:Hiroshima
Why: To bring the war to a speedy end
Fact:immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people
Impact on the war:with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors. -
A-bombs dropped on Nagasaki
Who:President Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb on Japan
What:the bombing had killed an estimated
Where:74,000 in Nagasaki
Why:to bring the war to a quick end
Fact: "FAT MAN" was the name of the bomb that took out nagasaki
Impact on the war: an increase in leukemia appeared about two years after the attack -
End of World War II
Who: Truman announced Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. y
What: The unconditional surrender of the axis powers
Where:Last battle of World War II in Europe. Between Yugoslav partisans and HOS (Croatia) from 19 April to 25 May 1945
Why: it ended because the axis powers were at a magar disadvantage
Fact: The news spread quickly and celebrations erupted across the United States Impact on the war:total military and civilian deaths are estimated at 70 to 85 million,