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world war 2 timeline - Morgan Kent

  • Japan invades china

    Japan invades china
    The japanese invasion originally began in manchuria in 1931. The worst invasion to China in this was Nanking which is now known as the "Rape of Nanking" or the "Nanking Massacre." Nowadays Japan refuses to admit this Massacre actually happened...
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    Germany begins to bombard Poland from the air. This worked effectively because of Germany's Blitzkrieg strategy.
  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg
    Germany's Blitzkrieg stands for "Lightning Warfare" and is military tactic to force disorginazation among enemy forces. This Tactic was flawed in the fact that travel was impossible to have all tanks move around at the same pace to get back at the same time.
  • Paris falls

    Paris falls
    Germany begins to enter Paris, Italy. Because of this battle Moussolini eventually falls in 1943.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    Operation Barbarossa was Nazi Germany's starting invasion of Russia in WW2.
  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
    Hundreds of Japanese planes bomb the American Naval Base known as Pearl harbor. This forced America into WW2 to fight along side of the Allies.
  • wannsee conference

    wannsee conference
    The Wannsee conference was a massive meeting with all the main Nazi Officials. This meeting was held in Berlin.
  • Battle of midway

    Battle of midway
    America begins a counter attack to a Japanese naval base. This battle is known as one of the most decisive battle in ww2.
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
    The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the act of a jewish uprising in a German occupied City within Poland.
  • Operation Gomorrah

    Operation Gomorrah
    The operation of Gomorrah was a massive bombing in Hamburg in Germany. This created one of the largest Firestorms created by the Royal Airforce and the United States Army.
  • The allies invades Italy

    The allies invades Italy
    After the defeat by the Germans, Italy is weakened allowing the Allies an easy victory over Italy. Mussolini was eventually killed due to this effort. This was another turning point in the war due to one of the bigger powers to finally be fully defeated and out of the war.
  • Potsdam Declaration

    Potsdam Declaration
    The PotsDam Declaration is also known as the Proclamation. This Declaration were the terms for Japanese Surrender in ww2. This was mainly for the Japanese Armed forces. Unfortunatley the Japanese didn't accept the Declaration immediatly.
  • The USA bombs Nagisaki

    The USA bombs Nagisaki
    After the USA bombs Hiroshima mass devistation insues 3 days after. The USA has bombed Nagasaki forcing Japan to surrender ending WW2. This moment will create a mass creation of nuclear weapon throughout the world for military power.