WWII Timeline

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  • German Invasion of Poland

    Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.
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    Battle of Atlantic

    Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, to neutralize the important rail way and supply hub, defeating the confederate forces under John B. Hood

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japanese airplanes made a surprise attack on the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. They destroyed many ships and killed many soldiers. It was this attack that forced the United States to enter World War II.

  • Bataan Death March

    The surrendered Filipinos and Americans soon were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to march some 65 miles

  • Battle of Coral Sea

    Major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia.
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    Battle of Midway

    Basically after six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the united states defeated the Japan in one of the most decisive navel battles of World War II

  • Battle of Guadalcana

    first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater.U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction.

  • Allied invasion of North Africa (Morocco and Algeria)

  • invasion of Normandy

    With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe.

  • Battle of the Bulge

    This battle was also know as the Ardennes Offensive, was the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during World War II; it is also the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army.

  • Battle at Iwo Jima

    This island was only 8 square miles in size it was mostly flat expect a mountain called Mount Suribachi, the battle took place towards the end of the war

  • Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa also know as Operation Iceberg was one of the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific Theater of World War II It was also one of the largest calculates in the Japanese and the Allie troops

  • Liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald

  • V-E Day

    On this day both Great Britain and the United States celebrate victory in Europe Day. and rejoicing the defeat of the Nazi war machine

  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The U.S dropped two atomic bombs on Japan soil one in Hiroshima and another in Nagasaki. This was the only time nuclear warfare was used in a war