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Defensive War
Germany attacks poland The day before the Nazis pretended to be polish military to fake and attack on germany and the next day -
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WWII from beginning to end
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Britan and France declared war on Germany
Britan and France declared war on Germany although they where not prepared to fight therefore they did not send enough troops leaving poland alone in the fight. -
Germany and France sign an armistice
posterAn armistice was singed after the battle of France in Compiégne, France specificaly chosen in remebrence of the first armistice signed by France and Germany to end WWI. -
Germany invades Romania
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The Plan to Invade Norway and Denmark
Hitler plans to invade Norway and Denmark, allies o try to provide trrops but Denmark and Norway do not accept. -
Operation Barbarossa
photos from actual dateHitlers code name for invading the soviet union. It was the largesst invasion in the history of warfare. This also caused 95% of casualties for german soilders. -
"scorched earth" defense
Joeseph Stalin orders for a "scorched earth" defense in which both the Red army and Russian citizens would leave nothing but waste behind as they retreated from german troops leaving them with nothing left to support them therefore they would all die off. -
Pearl Harbor bombing
video of news report of pearl harbor bombing This was the event that got the USA into the war becuase japan directly bombed the US. The attack was intended to prevent the US navy from interfearing with Japan's plans -
DooLittle Raid and Bataan Death March
bataan This was the most aggressive act taken by the USA thus far. Also beofre this in Bataan the US had surrendered shortly after, Japanese officers made the 75,000 both fillipino and american soilders walk 65 miles without food or water. And along the was slowly tourchuring them till death. -
Battle of Midway
The US Navy sucsessfully defeated the attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy and it was discribed as "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare." And it was Japanas first Naval defeat since 1863. -
Guadalcanal
American propaganda for GuadacanalAmerican and Australian soliders attack Guadalcanal, as there was rumors that the Japanese where building an airfield there. The fight was back and forth but eventually the Japenese were out numbered. -
Final Solution
Hitler exterminating all jews by sending them to concentration camps and gasing them dead. -
D-day
Primary source Newspaper This is the day where all allies fleed to Normandy to try and gain back Western Europe.Which they succeeded in August 1944. -
Battle of the Bulge
This was the last major offensive war ,Battle of the Bulge was an attamept to push the allies out of france. -
Yatal Confrence
yatal confrence This was the meeting of the United states, UK and the Soviet union. President D. Franklin Roosevelt representred the USA, Prime minister Winston Curchhill represeanted the UK and Premier Joeseph Stalin represeanted the Soviet Union. This confrence was help to disscuss reorginization after WW2. -
US invades Japan
This was the first japanese home island to be reached and this was the largest amphibious assault in the paciffic war. The battle was 82 days long they were planning to use Okinawa as an aribase to get to midland Japan. -
Germany surrenders
Adolf Hitler commtited suicide during the battle of berlin and his sucsessor made the decission of surenderring. This was teh end of WW2 for Europe. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
photo of Hiroshima bombingThese were the first and remain the only nuclear warfare ever used. -
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Japan Surrendered
newspaper japan surrendersThe war and bombing had left Japan and its economy deveastated and could not go on any further.
