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The Blitz
The Blitz was the period when Hitler had his Luftwaffe bomb Brittan continuously. The German airplane bombing strategy was to go offense and bomb Britain. British people were forced to hide under railways and subway stations. Hitler believed that bombing the civilians would force the British to surrender. This ended when the RAF saw it as ineffictive and stopped. -
Pearl Harbor
This was the event that dragged the U.S. into the war. Japan bombed the U.S. navy at Pearl Harbor so that the U.S. could not interfere with their plan to take over places in the Dutch Indies and beyond. -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the plan of attack for the invasion of France. It is lso known as D-day. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The U.S battle of Iwo Jima was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Pacific. -
Victory Europe Day
On Victory Europe day, Germany formally, unconditionally surrendered to the allied powers, ending WWII in the European Theater. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
The Japanese were heavilly garrisoned at home, so the way that the U.S. saw to get out of the upcoming battle was to drop the little boy bom, made of Uranium. After Japan would not surrender, they dropped it. -
Bombing of Nagisaki
Nagasaki was bombed when, after the little boy bomb was dropped, Japan still refused to surrender. An atomic bomb called "fat man" was dropped on Nagisaki to further push Japan toward surrendering, it worked. -
Victory Japan Day
On Victory Japan day, the Japanese Emperor forced the country to surrender to save the lives of its people. They chose to surrender unconditionally to America after the two atomic bombs were dropped.
