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German Blitzkrieg Poland Sept.1 1939
Germany wanted to get there land back that they lost in WWI. Germany and Russia formed a pact that let Germany invade Poland without Russian intervention. In exchange they would give part of Poland to the Russians. In September 1, 1939 the invasion of Poland used a new tactic called Blitzkrieg which was very effective and had control of Poland in weeks. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 -
Invasion of France
The Germans Attacked France on May 10, 1940. The Germans attacked France, because they wanted expand the Reich. They also attacked, because France and Britain already declared war them. The battle lasted about 2 weeks with France surrendering and a victory for the Nazis. This caused humiliation to France and the allied powers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml -
Battle of Britian
The Battle of Britain happened in the summer and fall of 1940. This battle was fought because the British were the only ones in the way Germany's path to take over Europe. The British and German air forces fought for many months. The Royal British Air Force defeated the German Luftwaffe which showed British air superiority. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain -
Lend and Lease Great Britain
On September 2, 1940, President Roosevelt signed a Destroyers for Bases agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, the United States gave the British more than 50 obsolete destroyers, in exchange for territory in Newfoundland and the Caribbean, which would be used as U.S. air and naval bases. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act -
Invasion of the Soviet Union
The Germans launch a attack called Operation Barbarossa, which was the biggest attack during WWII. This happened on June 22, 1941 which broke the non aggression pact between the two. The Germans wanted there land and to kill the Jews living there. The Germans were successful until they reached Stalingrad where they were outlasted by the Russians during a rough winter. This was a huge turning point this marked the end of Hitler. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was launched on June 22, 1941, which was the largest attack of WWII. The Germans violated the non aggression pact that they signed with Russia. Hitler feared that Stalin would invade Germany. The Germans were successful until they reached Stalingrad were they were outlasted by Russians during a harsh winter. The Germans surrendered. This was a huge turning point. https://www.britannica.com/event/Operation-Barbarossa -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese were angry with the U.S. because of oil and because they were the only power in there way of conquest. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese sent hundreds of planes to bomb battle ships, navel vessels, planes and other military things. This made the U.S. very mad, Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed to congress war against the axis powers. This attack awoke the sleeping giant. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
U.S. Joins WWII
The U.S. declared war against the Axis powers on the next day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave out a speech that was called "A Day That Will Live in Infamy", which asked congress to approve a war against Germany and Japan. Congress immediately approved. The U.S. enters the war. -
Death March
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, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a horrible 65 mile march to prison camps. Thousands died in what became known as the Bataan Death March. https://www.britannica.com/event/Bataan-Death-March -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive point of the war of the Pacific. This battle happened on June 3, 1942 6 months after the attack of Pearl Harbor. The U.S. was able to break a code that showed what the Japanese were planning to do. With this they won the battle and put the Japanese on the defense. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Warsaw Uprising
From April 19 to May 16, 1943, during World War II, residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi occupied Warsaw, staged an armed revolt against deportations to extermination camps. The Warsaw ghetto uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German occupied Eastern Europe. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005188 -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along of a heavily fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D Day invasion. The cost in lives on D Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the slow, across Europe, to defeat Germany. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Camps Liberacions
The Soviet Union 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 killing centers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/liberation_camps_01.shtml -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a blitzkrieg through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off guard, American units fought desperate battles. Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s successful maneuvering to Bastogne proved vital to the Allied defense, leading to the neutralization of the German counteroffensive despite heavy casualties. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/bulge-introduction/ -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The U.S. amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945 from the need of a base near the Japanese coast. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from a network of caves, dugouts, and tunnels. Despite the difficulty of the conditions, the U.S. defeated the defending forces after a month of fighting. http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,NI_Iwo_Jima2,00.html -
Droping the Atomic Bomb
On August 6, 1945 dropped little boy on Hiroshima that destroyed 90 percent of the city and killed about 80,000 people. Three days later the U.S. dropped fat man on Nagasaki which killed about 40,000 people. These made Japan surrender which ended WWII. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
