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Germany’s Lightning Attack (Blitzkrieg)
Hitler did a surprise attack on September 1, 1939 on Poland. German aircraft bombed the capital of Poland, Warsaw. Also, they had tanks and troops in the Polish border. Book Source:
Beck, Roger B. "16 World War II." Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Orlando, FL.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub., 2012. 491. Print. -
France and Britain declare war on Germany
France and Britain declared war on Germany. Poland fell, and Germany took the half western part of it. Hitler used a military strategy called Blitzkreig, which means “lightning war,” in order to do the invasion. Primary Source:
Source Records of the Great War, Vol. II, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923 -
France Falls
French leaders surrended after Germany took over Paris in 1940. The only part of the country that was left for them was the south. Primary Source:
United States, Department of State,
Publication No. 6312,
Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918-1945
Series D, IX, 671-676.
Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1956. -
October 1940- Germans gave up daylight raids
October 1940
Germans gave up daylight raids, so they could night bomb in London. This Battle of Britain lasted until May 1941 Primary Source:
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. 2014. 1p. , Database: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia -
March 1941, Lend-Lease Act,
Lend-Lease Act:
The president of the United States of America could lend any supplies to the important countries to them. They shipped arms to the British, and the Germans sent submarines in response. Primary Source:
Kimball, Warren. Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill and the Second World War. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1997. -
Hitler invades soviet union
The Operation of Barbossa, Hitler's plan to invade the Sovie Union, began. There were German tanks and aircraft at the invassion. -
July, 1941
Japanese overrun French Indochina in July, 1941. Primary Source:
Tokyo Gazette, Vol. V, no. 2, 108-9 -
Day of Infamy
There were explosives in the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii from the Japanese. The Japanese killed more than 2,300 Americans and 1,100 were wounded. When the president of the U.S. was informed of this, he declared war on Japan and its allies. Primary Source:
Anotated Typewritten Copy
"Day of Infamy" Speech
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/day-of-infamy/images/infamy-address-1.gif -
Final Solution begins
Hitler's plan of killing all of the Non-Aryans, which were millions of people. It was a genocide. Primary Source
Heinrich Himmler, speech to Schutzstaffel (SS) officers at Poznan (4th October, 1943) -
The Allies Strike Back
Australia and the U.S. wanted revenge for what Japan did in the Pearl Harbor. They bombed Tokyo and other cities in Japan. The surprise of the attack made an important psychological point between the enemies. Primary Source:
"Conference with General De Witt" at Office of Commanding General, Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army; January 4, 1942. -
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Battle of Midway
On June 4,,1942 the Battle of Midway started in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. The Americans did wise strategies that led them to take over 330 Japanese planes, some aircraft and ships. On June 7, the battle was over. Primary Source
Frank, Richard B. Guadalcanal. New York: Random House, 1990. Print. -
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An Allied Offensive
The Allies won the Midway Battle. MacArthur had a plan of "Island-hop" the Japanese strong islands.On August 7, 1942, seized the Guadalcanal with trouble. They fought of six months, and on February, 1943 the battle finally ended. -
D - Day
(Normandy Invasion) Plan by General Eisenhower in order for USA to get involved in the European part of the war in June 6, 1944. USA entered through Normady island which allowed them to get into France. It was the turning point, that changes the way war was going to be handled. Primary Source
Eisenhower, David. Eisenhower At War 1943–1945. New York: Random House, 1986. -
Battle of The Bulge
Hitlers last push against the Western front, successful to an extent. -
Yalta Conference
A reunion of United States, the Soviet Union and United Kingdom representatives, to define the reorganization of the post-war. Primary Source:
James F. Byrnes, as Secretary of State, attended the Yalta Conference on 4th February, 1945. -
Battle of Okinawa
The U.S. troops wnt into the Okinawa island where the Japanese got desperate and fought. -
Germany's Unconditonal Surrender
General Eisenhower accepted the surrender and it was signed. The allied forces were advancing to Berlin. The Allied powers celebrated V-E Day. -
Hiroshima Bomb
The United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hisoshima. About 75,000 died. This was the "only way" the U.S. would make Japan surrender. -
Nagasaki Second Bomb
A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki where more than seventy thousand people were killed. -
Surrender of Japan
The Japanese surrender, the war ended.
