WW2 Time line

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  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg
    The German Blitzkrieg was a war tactic used by the Germans in WW2. In German it translates to "Lightning war." It was designed to make disorganization among enemy forces. It was successful in executing results for the German army.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack led by the imperial Japanese on December 7,1941. It was intended to destroy American important fleets. Hundreds of The Imperial Japanese planes attacked the base. More than 2,400 Americans died which led to the USA to enter the second world war.
  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference
    The Wannsee conference was a meeting of senior governments officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel leaders on January 20, 1942. Top ranking Nazi Party, SS and government met to discuss the so called "Final solution to the Jew problem." which would soon turn into the deaths of thousands of Jewish people and more.
  • D Day

    D Day
    on Tuesday 6,1944 the allies invaded five beaches along a 50 mile stretch of heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region in operations overload during world war 2. The allies conducted a large scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    Battle of the bulge also known as Ardennes Counteroffensive took place December 16, 1945, and was the last major German offensive campaign on the western front during World war 2. It was a successful attempt to push the allies back.
  • Liberation of Concentration Camps

    As the allies advanced across Europe at the end of the second war they came across concentration camps filled with starving prisoners, The first concentration camp to be liberated was Majdanek near Lublin Poland in July 1944
  • The battle of iwo jima

    The battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima due to airfield that could be used for strategic attacks to defeat Japan. The battle ended with a Marine victory but with severe casualties to both armies.
  • Victory in Europe Day

    Victory in Europe Day
    VE Day is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the allies of the Nazis unconditional surrender the end of its armed forces on may 8 1945 of the second war
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bomb attacks

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bomb attacks
    After Germany was out of the war the allies threat was the Japanese army. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor the united states bombed hiroshima and nagasaki showing off a new powerful weapon the nuclear bomb with the consent of the United Kingdom the Japanese then dropped out of the war.
  • Victory over Japan Day

    Victory over Japan Day is the day on which the imperial Japan surrendered on August 14. 1945. in World War 2. in effect bringing the war to a end.