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Adolf hitler born
born in 1889 in a small town in Austria. He was leader of the Nazi's -
Nonagression Pact signed
It is a 10 year pact that Joseph Stalin signed with Hitler. In this pact. In this pact Germany and the Soviet Union promised not to attack each other and they would share the territories of Poland. -
The Blitzkrieg Invasion
It was Germany's newest military strategy that they used when they attacked Poland. Another word for Blitzkrieg is "lightening War". They used fast moving airplanes, tanks, massive infantry forces. It crashed al oppistion with overwhelming force. -
Germany surprise attacks Poland
During the attack warplanes invaded Polish airspace. This invasions begins World War ll. -
Allies trapped by German Forces
The germans traped Allied forces in Northen French city of Lille. The Allies escaped though by going to Dunkirk. Dunkirk is a French port city on the English Channel. -
Charles de Gaulle delivers a Broadcast
In the broadcast he told the French People to resist. Later Charles de Gualle set up a government in exile commited tp reconquering France. -
Japanese code cracked
The code told us that the Japanese were planning an attack on the pacific islands. Isoroku Yamamota also wanted to attack Pearl Harbor because he wanted to make his empire bigger. -
Battle of Britain
It was a series of battles between German British air forces. This battle lasted from September 7, 1940 to May 10, 1941 -
Hitler takes Moscow
Hitler breaks the nonaggression pact by starting to take over the cities of the Soviet Union, like Moscow. Hitler failed taking over Moscow becuase of the temperture. This cost the Germans 500,000 lives. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a U.S. air base that was bombed by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. It was the Japanese admiral, Isoroku Yamanoto, idea to bomb Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Midway
It was a sea and air battle of World War ll, in which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the Central Pacific. The Battle of Midway ended on June 6, 1942. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
It was a 1942-1943 battle of World War ll. The German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. The Germans wanted to capture it because it was a major industrial cneter -
The battle of El Alamein
It took place in North Africa's deserts. In May 1943 Allies won battle anf the Germans surrendered. -
The Invasion of Italy
Joseph stalin wanted the U.S. and Britain to invade France but instead they invaded Italy. When the Allies invaded Italy it pushed Mussolini out of power. The italions surrendered on September 3, 1943. -
The D-Day invasion
The day the invasion of Normandy began. This invasion was the greated=st land and sea attack in history. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Germans got defeated in this battle and the Allies won, of course. The German were caught off gurard by them pushing into Allied lines. -
Yalta Conference
The yalta conference was when the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union met and decided peace treaty for end of war. They decided also that the U.S. will take down Japan and the Soviets would help them. -
Germany surrenders
Hitler commits suicide with his wife by him drinking poisen and shooting himself and his wife took a sip of poisen on May 1, 1945. He also left of note with what he had in his mind before he did this. As a result of this happening, Germany surrendered and General Dwight Eisenhoert accepted it. -
V-E Day!
V-E day means Victory in Europe day, as in the war in Europe finally ended. The Allied powers all celebrated in this terrific victory! -
the atomic bomb dropping of Hiroshima
This was the first Atomic bomb dropped on Japan. The city was full of 365,000 people and 73,000 were killed in this explosion. We dropped the atomic bomb on Japan because they wouldnt surrender and it was President Harry Truman's idea dropped an atomic bomb. -
The atomic bomb dropping of the Japanese city of Nagasaki
It was the third atomic bomb the U.S. ever dropped. Nagasaki was a city of 200,000. 37,500 people died and many more people were killed by radiation. By the end of the year 70,000 people died -
V-J Day!
V-J Day means Victory in Japan day, as in the Japanese surrendered finally. The Japanese surrendered after the 2 atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. World War ll was finally over and "the Soviet Union invaded Manchuria and pushed Japanese out." -
Nazi's go on trial
The Nazi's were in trail for war crimed they committed and crimes from during the Holocaust . 12 Nazi's were sentenced to death by the Nuremberg trails. -
France Surrenders
France surrenders by joining forces with Hitler and both of them declaring war on Great Britain and France. Later Itlay attacks France though and falls to the Germans -
U.S. stopped occupying Japan when they signed a peace treaty
After World War ll ended the U.S. decided to occupy Japan. They helped create a constition, elect a government democratically, and help organizationally re-build Japan.