12 Most Important Events in WW2

  • Invasion of Poland

    On September 3rd 1939, The Germans attacked Poland with Hitler’s command. Adolf Hitler sent his troops to attack Poland from the air as well as on the land. Hitler did this because he wants to take back lost territory from the German’s as well as to rule Poland. This is ultimately what marked the beginning of World War 2. The invasion of Poland was a start with Hitler's plan to wage war which later became the "blitzkrieg" strategy. This was shown by extensive bombing to destroy the enemy’s air.
  • Scapa Flow

  • Dunkirk

  • Battle of Britain

  • Battle of Stalingrad

  • Operation Barbarossa

  • Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor and FDR Declares War

  • Bataan Death March and Japan takes Philippines

  • Operation Husky

  • D-Day

  • Victory in Europe Day

  • The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima