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Invasion Of Poland
About 1.5 million German soldiers invaded Poland, the Luftwaffe was bombing Polish airfields, as well as German U boats attacked Polish Naval Forces in the Baltic Sea. According to Adolf Hitler the whole mission on invading Poland was for land. Because after their defeat in WW1 they signed the Treaty of Versailles. The Germans had 1000 planes and 2000 tanks, and in just a couple weeks after advancing through the Polish border they had Polish forces surrendering on September 27th 1939. -
France and Britain Declare War With Germany
Two days after Germany had invaded Poland, France and Britain had declared war on Germany. The Prime Minister from Britain had announced that the Germans had declined their withdrawal from Poland. Stating that if they did not leave Poland at 1100 then the counties would be in a war with Germany. The Germans used an attack strategy called with Blitzkrieg using aircraft and vehicles to make rapid territorial gains. The attack strategy was actually developed in Brattain. -
Invasion Of France
The Battle of France also known as the Fall of France was the German invasion on France and other low countries during World War two. In the six weeks from May 10, 1940 Germans had defeated Allied forces and Belgium, as well as other countries bringing the Western Front to and end until June 6th, 1940 when Italy joined the war and invaded France. Th Germans had come through the Ardennes which had surprised the French forces and used an attack strategy called the "Sickle Stroke." -
Dunkirk
The evacuation at Dunkirk was of the British Expeditionary Forces, (BEF), and Allied forces from the French Seaports of Dunkirk to England. In the evacuation hundreds of civilian boats and Naval Vessels were. Finally when it ended on June 4th, about 198000 British and 140000 French and Belgium troops had been saved.The whole reason for the operation was because Germany had just invaded France and Belgium, the Queen from Dutch had flead to England and the army had surrendered to Germany. -
Battle Of Britain
The Battle of Britain had such significance on the war because the Germans wanted to take Great Britain, Hitler after just defeating France was now was looking for invade Britain. But they first had to go through Britain's air force known as the Royal Air Force. Britain's air force had won and not only protected Britain from invasion of the Germans but more importantly created the conditions for Britain's survival, for the extension of the war, and the eventual defeat of the Nazi Army. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor which is a U.S. Naval base near Honolulu was engaged in a surprise attack by the Japanese forces. Just before 8 am that Sunday morning hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they were able to destroy or damage nearly 20 American Naval Vessels. Including 8 battle ships, ans over 300 airplanes. More than 2400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1000 people were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin declared war. -
USA Enters The War
Four days after the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor the Americans had joined the war to aid it's Allied powers. The president at the time Franklin D. Roosevelt had prepared the Americans for a war that was inevitable. He persuaded members of congress to repeal the arms of the neutrality that the Americans were under. The U.S. began making hundreds of thousands of tanks, airplanes, and ships for the Allies which resulted in a big part of why the Allies had won the war. -
Midway
The battle of Midway was a naval battle between the U.S. forces, and the Japanese forces. Just six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Code breaking allowed to U.S. to determine the attack strategy of the Japanese, allowing the Americans to surprise them and take out three of the four carriers of Japan's. It was a total disaster for Japan because they lost 322 aircraft and 3500 men. They were forced to leave before even attempting to land on the island they sought to conquer. -
Raid on Dieppe
Allied forces were to invade Dieppe which was occupied by the Germans deep into continental Europe. This was a pivotal moment in the war. They were facing an entrenched enemy, Canadians made up the majority of the forces 5000 of the 6100 were Canadians. They were assisted with eight Allied destroyers and 74 Allied air squadrons, eight belonging to the Royal Canadian Air Force. A big price was paid taking Dieppe, many lost their lives, of the 4963 that went, only 2210 Canadians returned. -
Battle Of Stalingrad
The battle is infamous for being known as on of the largest and deadest conflicts in human history. Resulting in casualties of people even civilians to be around two million. The battle when between Germans forces and those of the Axis Powers. Russian Forces made a defensive ring around the city trapping the German and Axis forces in the city. Slowly starving them because they were fighting in a place not accustomed to. The Russians captured more than 100000 Germans and took back Stalingrad. -
D-Day
156000 Canadian, British, and American forces landed on beaches along a 50 mile stretch off the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy Region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day Allied forces were trying to give false radio transmissions in an effort for deception to make the German think other places they would attack. More than 4000 Allied troops lost their lives, thousands more injured or missing. -
End Of World War Two In Europe
After five years and eight months, came the unconditional surrender of the Germans. World War Two came to an end in Europe. The war had been the most catastrophic and cruelest in human history. The war involved more than 110 million soldiers and ranging in about approximately 60 victims. Including six million Jews, the victims of the Holocaust. Many people lost their homes because of the war. -
A-bombs Dropped On Hiroshima
American Bomber named Enola Gay dropped a five ton bomb over the Japanese city Hiroshima. A blast equivalent to the power of 15000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and killed 80000 people as soon as it touched the ground. Tens of thousands of people died in the following weeks due to radiation poisoning of the bomb. A few days later Japan has announced it's surrender. There were five Japan cities on the U.S's hit list and Hiroshima was not even one of them. -
A-bombs Dropped On Nagasaki
Three days later after bombing Hiroshima, the Americans dropped another one on Nagasaki. A specially adapted B-29 bomber called "Bock's Car dropped the second bomb nick named 'fat man". This bomb produced the power equivalent to 22000 tons of TNT. The estimated casualties of the blast is between 60000, to 80000. It is impossible to determine the actually amount because of the impact the bomb had on the people. The bombings were estimated to have led to the deaths of 150000-246000 people. -
End Of World War Two
The unconditional surrender of Germany was on May 7th, 1945. But Japan Kept fighting and it was not till after the atomic bomb had been dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima that Japan announced their unconditional surrender on September 2nd, 1945 that was when the war officially ended in Asia.
