WWII Major Events

Hitler Becomes Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

In the July 1932 Reichstag elections, the Nazi party gained almost 40% of the vote making it the most powerful party in Germany. Hitler then argues his way to becoming chancellor. So on January 30th 1933 Hitler is made the German Chancellor. INFO: http://www.historyinanhour.com/2010/01/30/hitler-becomes-chancellor/.

WWII Begins

Sep 1, 1939

1.5 million German troops invade Poland, Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. INFO:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland. http://lewebpedagogique.com/premieres/2008/03/16/2e-guerre-mondialedes-faitsdes-videosdes-sites/.

Churchill Becomes Leader of British Government

May 10, 1940

On May 10, Hitler invaded Holland, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Churchill, who was known for his military leadership ability, was appointed British prime minister in his place. He formed an all-party coalition and quickly won the popular support of Britons. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister. INFO: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill.

Italy Enters The War

Jun 10, 1940

Italy enters WWII siding with the Axis powers. INFO: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005177. INFO: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/334462709806561624/.

Battle of Britain

Jul 1, 1940

German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom, locked in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. Britain won in the end due to German air forces failing to gain superiority over royal air forces. INFO:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain. INFO: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Britain-European-history-1940 INFO:http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-britain.

Axis powers break Non-Aggression pact

Jun 22, 1941

German chancellor Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) used the pact to make sure Germany was able to invade Poland unopposed. But two years later after the pact was made, Hitler broke the pact by making Nazi forces invade Russia. INFO:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact. INFO: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa. INFO:http://nazisovietnonaggressionpact.weebly.com/background.html.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours,The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. INFO: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor. INFO: https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack.

Bataan Death March

Apr 9, 1942

After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. INFO: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march. INFO: https://medium.com/@jason_nulton/a-chaplain-s-valor-at-bataan-e84b76916606.

Battle of Coral Sea

May 3, 1942

The Battle of the Coral Sea (U.S vs Japan), marked the first air-naval battle in history, as none of the carriers fired at each other, allowing the planes taking off from their decks to do the battling. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-the-coral-sea-begins. INFO: http://www.american-historama.org/images/uss-lexington.jpg.

Battle Of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

Midway was a naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. Together with the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Midway ended the threat of further Japanese invasion in the Pacific. INFO: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway. INFO: https://www.texvet.org/postings/battle-midway-survivorssurviving-family-members.

Battle of Stalingrad

Jul 17, 1942

The successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. INFO: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad. INFO: https://elginhistory12.wikispaces.com/Battle+of+Stalingrad?responseToken=0961fefd83b1a196cc1bf88ce7a732257.

Italy Surrender

Sep 8, 1943

Italy finally surrender to the allied powers on September 8th 1943. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced. INFO: https://jtownww2.blogspot.com.eg/2014/09/september-8-1943-italy-surrenders.html .

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated. INFO: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day. INFO: http://www.ddaybattletours.com/.

1st Liberation of Concentration

Jul 23, 1944

Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other camps. INFO: https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724. INFO: https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724.

Paris Becomes Liberated

Aug 25, 1944

After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. INFO:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated. INFO: http://www.apimages.com/Collection/Landing/Liberation-of-Paris-1944/30a30c0b93ca4c8d9bf9f737bb7eb596.

Battle of Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge-begins.

Battle Of Iow Jima

Feb 19, 1945

The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima island in Japan. U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. Despite the difficulties the marines claimed victory. INFO: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima. INFO: https://www.emaze.com/@ATIQWLWF/Battle-of-iwo-jima.

FDR's Death

Apr 12, 1945

On this day in 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies. INFO: http://www.baas.ac.uk/usso/the-presidential-juggler-franklin-d-roosevelt-rhetorical-flexibility-and-autofabrication/.

DEATH OF HITLER AND GERMAN SURRENDER

Apr 30, 1945

On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide. INFO: http://www.firstpost.com/world/hitler-not-dead-british-historian-claims-massive-cover-up-says-nazi-leader-escaped-germany-2293264.html.

Atomic Bomb 1

Aug 6, 1945

The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima. INFO: http://www.ibtimes.com/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-anniversary-15-interesting-facts-about-blasts-japan-70-years-2040903.

Atomic Bomb 2

Aug 9, 1945

The U.S drop their second nuclear bomb on the city of Nagasaki. This destroyed the city and killed about 60,000-80,000 people. INFO: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki. INFO picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_cloud.

WWII Ends

Sep 2, 1945

WWII ends and the allied forces are victorious. INFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II. INFO: http://wd4eui.com/1945_Newspaper.html.