World War II

  • Germany's Invasion of Poland

    Germany's Invasion of Poland
    The invasion started when About 1.5 million German troops invaded the 1,750 border of Poland at 4:45 a.m. They achieved this by using the Luftwaffe to bomb Polish airfields.
  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg
    Known as the lighting storm. The Germans would send almost everything they had at you at one time.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    Operation Barbarossa was when Hitler decided to break his peace treaty with the Soviet Union and invade Russia.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    When Japan piloted planes and bombed American Battleships and Carriers in the Harbor of the American Naval Port in Hawaii.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    When America crossed the English Channel and invaded the German beach outposts that were on theFrench coast.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    This is when Germany tried to launch their last offensive attack on the allies.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    It was the first strike America took against Japan home lands.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    Signified when Germany and the rest of the Axis powers surrendered to America and the Allies, signified the end of World War II in Europe.
  • Dropping the Atomic Bombs

    Dropping the Atomic Bombs
    America dropped a bomb on the popular Japanese city, Hiroshima. The explosion killed about 90 percent of the city.
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    When Japan surrendered to America, ending World War II once and for all for America.