World War 2 Timeline

  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
    German soldires invaded Poland. Hitler claimed that it was a defence action. This was the start of World War 2.
  • German Blitzkreig

    German Blitzkreig
    This was a German military tactic used to fast but quick results in a battle.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japanese war planes dropped bombs on Pearl Harbor.They wanted to expand their economic and demographic reach. The lead to America joning the war.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    160,000 American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy to fight Hitlers defence. The battle lead to more than 100,000 Americans to contuine to take down Hitler
  • Battke of Iwo Jima

    Battke of Iwo Jima
    America needed a base that was near the Japanese coast, so we took over the island of Iwo Jima. We were sucsesful at taking over the island.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    This was the day that we claimed victory against the Nazis in Europe. The war was over inn Europe.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    This was the last and biggest Pacific island battke of WW2. We were fighting at the stakes of an air base vital to the prjection invasion of Japan. Both commanding officers were killed on both sides.
  • Dropping of the atomic bomb

    Dropping of the atomic bomb
    We dropped the bomb on the city Japanese city of Hiroshima to end the war. This caused much panic in the Japan military.
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    This was the day that we celebrated the suerender of Japan. The war was finnaly over.
  • Battke of Bulge

    Battke of Bulge
    This was a massive German offinsive campain to end the war in Europe. This lead to German counteroffinsive being neutralized.