WW2 Timeline

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  • Nazi Germany invades Poland

    Nazi Germany invades Poland
    Nazi Germany invaded poland. This grabbed the eyes of the french and british, this is what is said to of have started the war.
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  • German ‘Blitzkrieg’ overwhelms Holland, Belgium and France

    German ‘Blitzkrieg’ overwhelms Holland, Belgium and France
    Blitzkrieg in German means quick war. So the germans moved in swiftly to Holland, Belgium and france using tanks, mobile infantry and artillery infantry to catch them off guard

  • evacuation of Dunkirk

    evacuation of Dunkirk
    Dunkirk was the place of many european battles. Many bombings occurred in the process of evacuation slowing down the process dramtically.

  • Battle of Britain and the ‘Blitz’ of British cities

    Battle of Britain and the ‘Blitz’ of British cities
    The bombing raids from Nazi Germany on london. The raids was a failed attempt to defeat British RAF

  • Operation Barbarossa begins

    Operation Barbarossa begins
    The axis invasion of the soviet union. It was germany's attempt at conquering more of europe

  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
    A Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour Hawaii. A number of explosives were dropped on Pearl Harbour weakening the US navy fleet

  • The Allies Take Tobruk

    Tobruk was the only deep sea port that was located in Libya. Germany attempted to seize the port catching allied forces completely of guard.

  • The Fall of Singapore

    The Fall of Singapore
    Japanese scheme to defeat singapore. It was the final battle after having advanced from the malaysian peninsular.

  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway
    A battle between Japan in the US in the middle of the pacific ocean. It was won by the US in one of the most known air-sea battles.

  • German forces surrender at Stalingrad

    German forces surrender at Stalingrad
    This stopped the Nazi's advance to the Soviet Union. To this day one of the bloodiest battles with over 2 million dead

  • D-Day Landings

    D-Day Landings
    Allied invasion of Normandy, France. It was a seaborn invasion that turned the war around in the Allied favours.

  • Soviet liberation of Auschwitz

    Soviet liberation of Auschwitz
    Auschwitz was a Nazi concentration camp. The Soviets came in and found moldering dead bodies and people living in very poor conditions.

  • the US drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    the US drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    The us dropped 'fat man' and 'little boy' in the towns Hiroshima and Nagaski in Japan. These atomic bombs killed well over a 100,000 innocent civilians.