World War II

By Jkulkin
  • 1937

    1937
    Adof Hitler leads the nazis to destroy The basque city of Guernica. Japan tried taking over Wanping in China but China was not letting them which sparked The second Sino Japanese war.
  • 1938

    1938
    Hitler becomes commander in chief of Wehrmacht. 16,000 Japanese soldiers die the war with China. The Germans decided that all Jews needed to wear Israel and Sara to their names for identification
  • 1939

    1939
    the Germans invaded Poland, Germany conquered most of Europe and formed an axis alliance with Italy and Japan.
  • 1940

    1940
    The Blitz on London started with an attack by 300 German bombers supported by 600 fighters.
  • 1941

    1941
    The German invasion of Russia began called the BarBarossa. The Japanese attacked the American pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor.
  • 1942

    1942
    the U.S. Navy repels The Japanese at the battle of the coral sea. The U.S. Defeat the Japanese at the battle of midway. These two wars mark the turning point of the pacific.
  • 1943

    1943
    The last remnants of the Japanese army On Guadalcanal is evacuated and the U.S. Army takes over the Guadalcanal.
  • 1944

    1944
    156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces Landed on 5 beaches along a 50 mile stretch On the coast of France's Normandy Region. D- Day was a code name for the battle of Normandi.
  • 1945

    1945
    Battle of bulge, German offensive is launched Through the Ardennes region in France And Luxembourg on the western front. Battle of Iwo Jima the U,S. Armed forces landed on Iwo Jima and defeated Japan and took over the island. VE Day was victory in Europe day when the nazi army surrendered all its armed forces. The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan, VJ Day is victory in the pacific day where Japan surrendered.