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invasion of poland
who: Germany invades poland
what: Poland is invaded
where:Poland
why:To gain more land and have power
Interesting Fact: Hitler signed a nonagression pact with poland in 1934
impact on the war: Started world war 2 -
Britain and France declare war
Who: Britain, France
Who: Britain, France
What: declaring war on Germany
Where: Europe
Why: Because Britain and France were allies with Poland
Interesting Fact: British ocean liner Athenia was sunk by Germans
Impact on war: The 3 major powers come together -
Hitler invades France
Who: Hitler and France
What: France is invaded
Where: France
Why: To control France
Interesting fact: The battle consisted of two main operations.
Impact on the war: Took out France within a couple months and they were a big nation -
Miracle at dunkrik
Who: Nazis, France, British
What: French soldiers were saved
Where: Dunkirk, France
Why: Hitler hesitated to attack cause he thought it was a trap
Interesting fact: Hitler did not invade cause he thought it was a trap.
Impact on the war: 300,000 soldiers were saved by boats -
Battle of Britain
Who: Germany, Britain
What: Germany started a war with Britain
Where: Britain
Why: Nazis wanted the land from Britain
Interesting Fact: This was the first major military battle to be fought in air.
Impact on the war: Germans were unable to take over Britian -
Pearl Harbor
Who: Japan, Hawaii
What: Pearl Harbor was bombed
Where: Hawaii
Why: To avoid a two front war
Interesting Fact: The bombing killed more than 2300 Americans
Impact on the war: Made the United States declare war -
USA enters the war
Who: USA
What: USA enters the war
Where: Europe
Why: Japan bombed the pearl harbor
Interesting Fact: More than 2 million American soldiers fought on France land
Impact on the war: Superpower joined and offered help to Allies -
Battle of Stalingrad
Who: Germany and the USSR
What: Germany and the USSR fight in in Stalingrad
Where: Stalingrad Russia
Why: Stalingrad was a major industrial city
Interesting Fact: the name of the operation was Barbarossa
Impact on the war: Turning point in world war 2 -
Batlle of Midway
Who: Germany and Japan
What: Naval battle of Pacific
Where: Pacific Ocean
Why: U.S was attacking Japan
Interesting fact: 4 japanese aircraft carriers were sunk
Impact on the war: Key victory for the U.S. -
Raid on Dieppe
Who; Canda, Britain, United States
What: Allied attack on German occupied part of France
Where: France
Why: Allies Attempted to take German part of france
Interesting fact: Canada sent 4,936 men to battle
Impact on the War: Failure for the Allies -
D-Day
Who: U.S Canada, Britain
What: Allies invaded Normandy
Where: Normandy Beaches
Why: Counter attack agaisnt Germany to gain land
Interesting Fact: Code name 'Overlord' for the attack
Impact on the war: succesful at taking land back -
End of world war 2 in Europe
Who: Germany and the allies
What: War in Europe was over
Where: Europe
Why: Hitler committed suicide and then germany Surrendered
Interesting Fact: Celebrations erupted in the Western world
Impact on the War: Germany was no longer fighting -
A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Who: Japan and the U.s.
What: atomic bomb dropped
Where: Japan
Why: To show power and hopefully end the war
Interesting fact: first atomic bomb used
Impact on the war: superpower was proved -
A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Who: U.S. and Japan
What: Atomic bomb dropped
Where: Nagasaki
Why: to destroy them and end the war
Interesting fact: killed many civilians with this bomb
Impact on the war: made Japan surrender -
End of world war 2
Who: Japan, Allies
What: Japan surrendered
Where: japan
why: Japan surrendered after being bombed by atomic bombs
Interesting fact: Marked end of war
Impact on the war: war was over
