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Invasion of Poland
Germany signed a nonagression pact with Soviet Union incase USSR would come as Poland's aid in August 23. Then Hitler invaded poland to get Lebensraum, living splace for Germans. -
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WWII Timeline
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Britain and France Declare War on Germany
Britain and France declares war in responce to Germany's attack on Poland. British Ocean liner was sunk by German submarine, so Britain dropped propaganda leaflets on Germany, and started to bomb Germany. -
The Armistice
Becuase of victory of Germany, the Armistice was signed in France and it divided France into two zones. One was under german military, and one was under France. -
St. Paul’s Cathedral bombed
This was one of Hitler's mistake. German German Luftwaffe dropped a bomb in London. -
Yugoslavia joins the Axis
On March 20, Prince Paul asked the Yugoslav Cabinet for their cooperation in allowing the Germans access to Greece through Yugoslavia. -
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 22 June. This was a ideological mistake of Hitler. Germans came as conquerors, not as liberators who were going to exterminate the Jews. Hitler to the German People, 22 Jun 1941 -
Enigma key broken
A List of Cryptographic Terms in Use With the Abwehr and the Sicherheitsdienst
On this day crackerjack British cryptologists broke enigma code used by the German army to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern front. -
Pearl Harbor
Photographs of attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The US stopped trading with Japan and stopped supplying important goods like oil. -
Final Solution
The holocaust -Neuremberg In the eastern front, the Einsatzgruppen shot massive amounts of Soviets and jews. Realizing this was not efficient, the nazi high command met and decided how they were going to execute their “final solution”. It is known as the holocaust. -
Baedeker Raids
Britain bombs German port of Lubeck, an industrial town in March of 1942. So Germany bombs Exeter and later Bath, Norwick, York, and other “medieval-city centres.” -
Japan’s attack on Midway Island
United States defeated Japan 6 months after the pearl harbor. This victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
Guadalcanal
A MARINE DIARY: MY EXPERIENCES ON GUADALCANALThe guadcanal starts at August 7 and ends at Febuary of 1943. The Japanese invaded the Solomons in 1942 and strated to build airfield on Guadalcanal. But the Americans won and helped other Allied forces win in the solomon islands. -
D Day
The World War II D-Day is the invasion of Normandy. In August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated. Few months later, the Allies had defeated the Germans. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany attempted to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. They created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest when they pushed through the American defensive line. -
Yalta Conference
During the conference, the three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. In this conference, Stalin agreed to permit free elections in Eastern Europe. -
Battle of Okinawa
In the Battle of Okinawa, Japanese navy attacked by one-way “suicide” missions; the Japanese sent Yamato,a battleship, on a similar mission with a few escorts. -
Germany Surrenders
On this day, Germany surrenders to the Allies at Reims. General Alfred Jodl, the commander of Germany signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
Truman-HiroshimaThe United States was the first nation to use atomic bomb. US used the atomic bomb to Japan, in the city of Hiroshima. Dropping the bomb had ended WWII, but there are many arguments about if it was proper to drop the atomic bomb. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
On this day a second atom bomb was dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki. So Japan surrenders finally. This incident is also argued on if Truman did a right decision. -
Japan Surrenders
In Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies. This brings an end to World War II.The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed completely. Japan's economy was destroyed from all the wars in WWII.
