ww2

By fabbi

  • The German invasion of Poland: Hitler launched his invasion of Poland

  • Dunkirk: British Expeditionary Force destroyer during the evacuation from Dunkirk

  • The Battle of Britain: RAF Spitfire pilots scramble for their planes

  • The Blitz: word Blitzkrieg was the name given to the German air attacks on Britain between

  • Operation Barbarossa: the German invasion of Russia

  • Pearl Harbor: The destroyer USS Shaw explodes in dry dock after being hit by Japanese aircraft

  • The fall of Singapore: Lieutenant General Arthur Percival and staff on their way to the Singapore

  • Midway: The American aircraft carrier USS Yorktown under Japanese attack during the battle of Midway

  • Alamein: German prisoners of war wait for transport after their capture at Alamein

  • Stalingrad

  • D-Day, Operation Overlord

  • Yalta: The Big Three

  • Dresden

  • Belsen: Bodies of dead prisoners at the newly liberated Belsen concentration camp

  • Hitler committed suicide: He killed himself by gunshot on

  • Nagasaki: Atomic bomb mushroom cloud over the Japanese city of Nagasaki