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Germany Invades Poland (blitzkrieg)
Germany Invaded Poland,leading to the start of WWII -
Germany Invades France and Paris
Germany invades France and Paris. 2,000,000 has already fled from Paris. Germany was trying to expand its empire.the result was France fighting against Germany -
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Battle of Britan
Germany attacked Britan with planes. Britan was the only country standing in Germany's was of having full control of Europe. Caused the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed American airbase at Pearl Harbor. bringing America into the war -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed the naval and airbase at Pearl Harbor. this led to America joining the war against Japan. -
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Internment of Japanese Americans
Americans began to intern the japanese people into camps scattered across the county. -
Battle of Bataan
After Pearl Harbor, the japanese started to invade philippines and the general surrendered their army. -
Battle of stalingrad
Nazi Germany fought the Soviet Union in the southern Russian city of Stalingrad. This led to Germany realizing that they can be defeated -
D-Day
Troops from the Allies rushed Normandy beach and began to liberate Europe from Germany's clutches -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The US marine corps fought Japan on the island of Iwo Jima. America won this battle -
Decision to use nuclear bombs on Japan
President Truman decided to use excessive force on japan to show them not to mess with us. this ended the war