WW2

By Jennifer Kim

  • invasion of poland

    Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within 2 weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. After heavy shelling and bombing, It wasn’t long until they were turned into rubble and ashes. Poland surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939.

  • operation Barbarossa

    On 22 June 1941, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union. What followed was a war of annihilation, a horrific clash of totalitarianism, and the most destructive war in history. The outcome was that the Soviets defeated the Germans (after significant losses) and ruled a divided Germany with a puppet government until the early 1990s when the Soviet Union fell.

  • Jul 17, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad was a significant factor that supported an Allied victory during World War Two. The Battle of Stalingrad marked the end of Germany's advances into eastern Europe and Russia. The battle was the first major German loss. After the Germans lost in Stalingrad, they didn't advance any farther into eastern Europe or Russia. Because the Soviet army gained strength, spending a lot of the rest of war fighting the Germans to get the territory that Russia had lost back.

  • D-day invasion of Norway

    June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, thousands of planes dropped bombs on the German defenses, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe. This famous battle is sometimes called D-Day or the Invasion of Normandy.

  • hitler's death

    Adolf Hitler killed himself by pistol and pill on the 30th of April 1945. His suicide took place in an underground bunker in Berlin. The soviet army was marching towards the bunker aiming to kill Hitler, leading to his suicide. His death forced Germany to surrender to the allies. This marked the end of the war in Europe and marked the start of freedom.