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Germán invasion of Poland
Hitler desired for Lebensraum was the cause for Nazi Germany invading Poland. The USSR followed and invaded Poland with Germany. Britain and France defended Poland and declared war con Germany this marked the beginning of WWII. -
Fall of France
Germany utilized blitzkrieg to invade Belgium successfully. Germany passed the Maginot Line with some strategic moves. French surrendered to Nazi Germany after a quick defeat of Allied armies in Belgium. Then France was controlled by Germany and applied policies supporting Hitler. -
Battle of Britain
Germanys air force launched air raids on Britain. The British Air Force defended them selfs through some air defense strategies. This was one of a very strategic victory to allied forces. -
Operation Barbarossa
Nazi Germany decided to invade their own ally the Soviet Union which became the largest invasion in history. Germany was initially doing well but this contributed to their defeat by loosing an ally. The USSR attacked back and Germans retreated causing for them to invade and control Berlin. -
Pearl Harbor attack
This was a American naval base in Hawaii. Japan attacked it by surprise wanting to expand. This made US get involved in the war. The US became the leader of the Allies, greatly contributed to the allied victory. -
USA declares war
After japan surprisedly bombed Hawái the us decided to decólese war to japan. They made an atomic bomb were they threw 2 bombs on japans islands and greatly affecting them. The us getting involved in war made a great impact because it hurried all and took a crucial part in the ending. -
Mexico declares war
Germany started sinking end boat they so because it could be of a potential enemy. Some of them were mexicos oil tanks and Mexico declared war. Mexico wended troops to the US. -
Battle of Midway
The battle of midway was a naval confrontation where the US navy defeated japans fleet. These weekend japans naval power and made the allies in favor at war. The us started an island-hopping campaign were japans islands were captured and the us approached japans territory. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germán forces tried to capture a strategically relevant Soviet city of Stalingrad. They failed because the soviat resisted and the extreme cold conditions that the army uniforms aren’t designed. Germany retreated and the USSR decided to advance to Berlin. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan project was a us secret program that make the first nuclear bomb to exist. This was managed by American J. Robert Oppenheimer -
Operation Overlord
France planned a coordinated atack of about 1.5 million British, Americans and Canadian soldiers. After an intense battle to Germany the allied forces won. After this they liberated France and Europe. -
Hitler commits suicide
Adolf hitler saw that he was about to loose war after some defeats. He decided to suicide with several of his officials. Allies were very happy about hearing the news about Hitler knowing it will be over. -
VE Day- Victory in Europe
The allied forces started advancing to Germany after wining some battles. Then the Soviet red army went to Berlin and bombed it constantly. After Hitler committed suicide Germany had no option and surrendered marking the end of war. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
After they created the atomic bombs te us used them on Japan. There were 2 bombs the first bomb named “little boy” and the second one code named “fat man”. The first one was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6,1945 and the second one was thrown on Nagasaki 3 days after. This bombs were horrible they caused heat, blast effect and radiation. This caused a long term radiation in this territories were caused cancer and birth defect. -
VP Day - Victory in the Pacific
After the Hiroshima bombing japans authorities took some time to understand the power there were in surprised. The USSR launched an invasion in japan. The second atomic bomb pressured on japan and leader were deciding in continuing or to surrender. Japan were scared of another attack and surrendered unconditionally.