-
Germany invades Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland -
Germany invaded France and captured Paris
Germany began invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. French and British troops move into Belgium but are trapped between German armies. British troops began mass evacuation from Dunkirk. France signs armistice with Germany. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml -
Germany bombed London, and the Battle of Britain began.
Germany launched a large bombing attack on the city of London. German and British air forces fought in the skies over the United Kingdom, in the largest air battle to date.A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain-1 -
Operation Barbossa
Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II. its failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war against a coalition possessing immensely superior resources.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa -
The United States gave Britain war supplies
the Lend-Lease Act was the basic means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act-1 -
Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval ships.More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Declaration of War
four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States declared war against the Japanese Empire, and Nazi Germany declared war against the United States.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-declares-war-on-the-united-states -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II.Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Battle of Midway
An important turning point in the war. The victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.The Japanese carriers were caught while refueling and rearming their planes, making them especially vulnerable. The Americans sank four fleet carriers.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
The battle began with the German air force, bombing the city of Stalingrad. They reduced much of the city to rubble. Soon the German army moved in and was able to take a large portion of the city. The Soviets did not give up, they cornered the Germans and forced them to surrender. https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_stalingrad.php -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged the armed revolt to prevent deportations to Nazi-run extermination camps. The Warsaw uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/warsaw-ghetto-uprising -
D-Day
the battle began when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from northwestern France.The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Battle of the Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg. Due to a shortage of fuel for the Germans, the Americans were able to advance and capture the German troops.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was battle fought between Americans and the Japanese, Within days, some 70,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima. The Marines wiped out almost all of the Japanese.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
As 1944 came to a close and the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Allied forces seemed certain, they began destroying evidence of the horror that had taken place there. Buildings were torn down, blown up or set on fire, and records were destroyed.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/auschwitz -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city. The second bomb weighed nearly 10,000 pounds and was built to produce a 22-kiloton blast.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
