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The Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939, was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union; which marked the beginning of World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland -
Great britain and france declare war on nazi Germany
Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, two days after the German invasion of Poland. The guarantees given to Poland by Britain and France marked the end of the policy of appeasement. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-britain-hoped-to-avoid-war-with-germany-in-the-1930s#:~:text=Britain%20and%20France%20declared%20war,of%20the%20policy%20of%20appeasement. -
The invasion of belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, and france
Luxembourg was occupied that same day. The Netherlands surrendered on 15 May, Belgium on the 28th. At first, Great Britain supported the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, but it withdrew later. https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/99/germany-invades-the-netherlands-belgium-and-france/#:~:text=On%2010%20May%201940%2C%20Germany,France%2C%20but%20it%20withdrew%20later. -
The Battle and Great Escape at Dunkirk
Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-dunkirk-evacuations#:~:text=Operation%20Dynamo%2C%20the%20evacuation%20from,big%20boost%20for%20British%20morale. -
The battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain -
Selective service and training act
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke–Wadsworth Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law 76–783, 54 Stat. 885, enacted September 16, 1940, was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Tra ining_and_Service_Act_of_1940 -
The attack of pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor -
America enters world war II
Japanese carrier planes attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, knocking out over 200 planes and sinking or damaging eight battleships, the pride of the US Pacific fleet. The following day, Congress declared war on Imperial Japan. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/arsenal-ally-united-states-enters-war#:~:text=On%20December%207%2C%201941%2C%20Japanese,declared%20war%20on%20Imperial%20Japan. -
Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States
Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. Hitler announced in Berlin that Germany, Italy On December 16, 1941, Congress approved legislation giving President Roosevelt virtually unlimited powers over defense contracts, the reorganization of government -
Lend-Lease assistance act
Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States." https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/lend-lease-act#:~:text=Passed%20on%20March%2011%2C%201941,defense%20of%20the%20United%20States.%22 -
The Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea -
The Battle of Midway Island
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway -
The Invasion of North Africa
Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Torch -
The Invasion of Sicily and Italy
The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily -
The D-Day Invasion of France
The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/world-war-ii-d-day-invasion-normandy#:~:text=The%20D%2DDay%20operation%20of,amphibious%20invasion%20in%20military%20history. -
Nazi Concentration Camps Discovered
What they discovered instead would be seared into their memories for as long as they lived—piles of emaciated corpses, dozens of train cars filled with badly decomposed human remains, and perhaps most difficult to process, the thousands of “walking skeletons” who had managed to survive the horrors of Dachau, the Nazi’s first and longest-operating concentration camp. https://www.history.com/news/dachau-concentration-camp-liberation -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region between Belgium and Luxembourg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge -
The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day -
The Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima
United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki -
The Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day