WWII

By james__vdP

  • Nazis invade Poland

    Before the war, the Nazis begin to mobilise troops into Poland

  • Evacuation at Dunkirk

    British civilians sail over to France and help British and French troops escape from the beaches

  • German Blitzkrieg attack of Holland, France and Belgium

    Fast-paced battle tactic involving tanks and trucks

  • Battle of Britain

    German and British airforces fight over England for control of the British skies.

  • Beginning of Operation Barbarossa

    Start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union

  • Pearl Harbour

    Japanese bomb the US navy at Pearl Harbour

  • Allies take Tobruk

    Siege of Tobruk finally ends and the Allies defeat the enemy forces

  • The fall of Singapore

    Japanese invaded Singapore and defeated the British and Singaporean forces there.

  • Nazi crimes against Jews are exposed

    The allies uncover the truth about the terrible treatment of the Jews by the Nazis.

  • Battle of Midway

    American airforce attacks Japanese ships and are successful.

  • Battle of Stalingrad ends

    German forces surrender at Stalingrad, this is the first loss for Germany of the war

  • D-Day landings

    American troops land on the beaches of France.

  • Liberation of Auschwitz

    Soviet soldiers march to Auschwitz and save the people who were left there to die

  • Atomic bomb is dropped

    The USA drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and Japan soon surrenders.