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Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland on Sep 3rd 1939. This marked the start of WWII in Europe.
Germany used a tactic know as blitzkrieg. It involved the coordination of all aspects of the military. -
France and Britian declare war on Germany
Britian and France declared war on germany after their invasion of poland. -
Germany invades France
Who: Germany, France, Belguim, Netherlands
What: Germany invaded France through belguim and the Netherlands.
Where:France, Belguim, Netherlands
Why; To gain territory and to get back at France for WWI
Interesting fact: Germany used their blitzkrieg tactic to take France
Impact on war: germany gain territory and eliminated france from the war -
Miracle at Dunkirk
Who: Germany, Britian, France
What; British troops where evacuated from dunkirk
Where: Dunkirk
Why: German forces had dunkirk almost surronded.
Interesting facts: Germany did not invade dunkirk because they thought it was a trap
Impact on war: Thousands of british troops where rescued from being annahilated by the germans -
Battle of Britian
Who: Britian and Germany
What: Air warfare over britian
Where: Britian
Why; Germany was bombing british targets, Britain fought back with fighter planes.
Interesting Fact: Germany was unable to take Britian
Impact on war: britian was able to fight off germany and keep their territory -
Pearl Harbour
Who: Imperial Japan, USA
What:Imperial Japan bombed pearl harbor a US navy base
Where: Hawii
Why: Japan hoped to cripple the US by bombing pearl harbour
Interesting fact: Thousands of people were killed
Impact: Us entered war -
USA enters war
Who: USA
What; US enters WWII
Where:Pearl harbour, Hawii
Why: USA enters the war as a retalation of Japan attacking pearl harbour
Interesting fact:Thousands of people died in pearl harbour
Impact: Germany and italy declared war on USA after they declared war on japan -
Battle of midway
Who:USA, Japan
What: Naval battle of the pacific
Where: Pacific ocean
Why: Us was attacting the islands and sea governed by imperal Japan
Interesting fact: 4 Japanse aircraft carriers were sunk
Impact: Key naval victory for USA -
Battle of Stalingrad
Who: Germany, Soviet Russian
What:Battle at Stalingrad a southeastern city in Russia
Where: Stalingrad Russia
Why; germany attacked russia in hopes of gaining more land
Interesting fact: estimated 2 million deaths
Impact on War: Germany lost several troops -
A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Who: USA, Japan
What: Atomic bombing of nagasaki
Where: Nagasaki, Japan
Why:Japan did not quit after the first Atomic bomb\
Fact: HUndreds of thousands of people died
Impact; Japan quit which marked the end of the war -
Raid on Dieppe
Who: Canada, Britian, Germany -
Raid on Dieppe
Who: Canada, UK, Germany
What: Allied attack on german occupied dieppe
Where: Dieppe, France
Why: Allies attempted to take the port of dieppe
Interesting fact: Allies suffered heavy casualties and retreated
Impact: Allies were able to understand the german way of fighting -
D-day
Who: Allies, Germany
What: Allied attack on the beaches of normandy
Where: Normandy, France
Why: Allies launched a massive attack in order to open up a second european front
Fact: Nazis had massive causalties
Impact; Turning point for the allies -
End of WWII in Europe
Who: Allies
What: Germany unconditionally surrendered
Where:Europe
Why: The allies attacked Berlin and Germany surrendered
Fact: Hitler commited suicide on April 30th
Impact: The war in Europe was over -
A- bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Who:USA, Japan
What: A-bomb dropped by
Where: Hiroshima, Japan
Why: US planned to stop the war in the pacific
Interesting fact: 600000 Japanese citizens died
Impact: crippled Japan -
End of WWII
Who: Allies, Japan
What; Japan surrendered
Where: Japan
Why:Japan surrendered after the US bombed hiroshima and Nagasaki
Interesting fact: marked the end off WWII
Impact;war was over
