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Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germans invade Poland using the blitzkreig stratagey to get living space for German people. -
German Blitzkreig
The Blitzkreig was a successful military tactic to create shock. It was called the Lightning War cause of the surprise, shock, and speed. This was used for the invasion of Poland and others. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanse planes attacked the shores of an army based on Hawaii. Japan had many major territories to hit. It ended up starting the beginning for America in WWII. -
D-Day
Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. Allies won which was the turning point in the war for Europe. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
An act of Jewish resistance who uprose when the Germans had Poland.The Jewish people were tired of he Germans thinking their better so they tried to uprise against em. It went far beyond the people who fought for a died trying. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Camps liberated (saved) by Soviets. This happened because Soviets were advancing and saw the camps with hundreds of sick and starving people. -
Battle of Bulge
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. -
Battle of Okinawa
Also known as Operation Iceberg, was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater. Largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies -
Battle of Iwo Jima
One-third of all Marine losses during World War II happened. Allied forces suffered more casualties then Japanese. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day, formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world's first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. -
VJ Day
Japan's formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.
