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Event: Germany invades Poland
When: September 1, 1939
Who: Germany
What: Germany invades Poland and this last’s for a little over a month.
Where: Poland
Why was this significant: ended with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing Poland. -
Event: Lend-Lease Act Signed
When: March 11th, 1941
Who: Franklin D. Roosevelt
What: the United States could sell, transfer, exchange, and lend equipment to any country that needed to defend its self against the axis powers.
Where: the United States
Why was this significant: this hurt the United States bank account but also was no help to the axis powers. -
Event: Germany declares war on the United States
When: December 11, 1941
Who: Germany and the United States
What: Germany declares publicly that they were in war with the United States
Where: Germany and the United States
Why this was significant: this was a big starting point of the war. -
Event: Battle of El Alamein
When: summer 1942
Who: WWII commanders and montgomery
What: allies had victory and this led to the retreat of the Afrika Korps and the German surrender.
Where: Egypt
Why was this significant: lead to the German surrender in May of 1943 -
Event: Battle of Stalingrad
When: August 23, 1942
Who: Soviet union, Germany
What: this was one of the Major battles of WWII Germany was fighting the Soviet Union for control of the city.
Where: Russia
Why this was significant: it ended Germany’s Eastern campaign and it was also the bloodiest battle. -
Event: Germany surrenders (VE day)
When: May 7, 1945
Who: Germany and the United States
What: German troops slowly started surrendering but Eisenhower wanted a formal surrender, so on May 7, 1945 he got it.
Where: Germany, Europe and the United States.
Why was this significant: this ment that the War in Europe was over. -
Event: D-Day invasion
When: June 6, 1944
Who: Allies and Europe
What: This was a surprise attack because Germany believed that the attack was going to happen in Calais but it really was in Normandy
Where: Normandy Germany
Why was this significant: this was significant because Germany was defeated. -
Event: Battle of the Bulge
When: December 16, 1944
Who: Germany, United States
What: this battle was a major German offence and was toward the end of the War.
Where: Belgium
Why was this significant: the allies won this battle -
Event: Yalta conference
When: Feb. 4-11 1945
Who: President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union.
What: dealing with the fate of Europe, Japan, and the borders of Poland, also the partitioning of Germany and Berlin.
Where: Yalta in Crimea
Why this was significant: this conference created the United Nations. -
Event: Franklin Roosevelt dies
When: April 12, 1945
Who: Franklin Roosevelt
What: died from a stroke.
Where: at his home
Why was this significant: he was the president so the vice had to step in. -
Event: Battle of Britain
When: April 20, 1945
Who: Soviet Union, Germany, Berlin
What: the Soviet Union attacked mostly from the west and south, but Germany came in from the North.
Where: Berlin
Why was this significant: Bloodiest battle in history. -
Event: Hitler commits suicide
When: April 30,1945
Who: Adolf Hitler
What: Hitler killed himself by gunshot
Where: Berlin
Why was this significant: the war was soon over. -
Event: Germany surrenders (VE day)
When: May 7, 1945
Who: Germany and the United States
What: German troops slowly started surrendering but Eisenhower wanted a formal surrender, so on May 7, 1945 he got it.
Where: Germany, Europe and the United States.
Why was this significant: this ment that the War in Europe was over.
