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Italy enters war on the Axis powers side
Alliance between Germany and Italy. Signed by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, it formalized the 1936 Rome-Berlin Axis agreement, linking the two countries politically and militarily.
this brought the two country together as the Axis powers which later would include Japan. (Europe) -
Germany invades poland
took place in Poland (Europe)
Nazi Germany took over the Poland
After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939.
After Germany invaded Poland Britain and France declared war on Germany, which started WWII
Germany took Poland for more living space for the Germans, he hopped that no other country's would intervene as they had not yet stopped his growing plans. -
Britain & France declare war on Germany
Following the event of Germany invading Poland and breaking the appeasement agreement they had, Britain and France gave them an ultimatum. At 11 am on September the 1st the Germans had no withdrew their troops and WWII had begun. (Europe) -
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
He became Prime minister in Britain
the British (Europe)
"Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany, but Churchill promised his country and the world that the British people would “never surrender.” They never did." direct quote from History website.
the British lost faith in chamber land after his appeasement fail. Churchill was known for his military leadership and promised to win the war. -
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Dunkirk evacuation: Operation Dynamo
Dunkirk's beaches on the north coast of France (Europe)
evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and French troops who were cornered by the advancing German army.
330,000 troops were rescued from the beaches in one of the most astonishing operations of the war.
the french lost Dunkirk to the Germans. the goal was to evacuate the troops who were surrounded by the German army. -
France signs armistice with Germany
Compiegne, a forest north of Paris. (Europe)
France and germany
Under its terms, two thirds of France is to be occupied by the Germans. The French army is to be disbanded. In addition, France must bear the cost of the German invasion.
France had been forced to quit WWII leaving Britain on its own. -
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Battle of Britain
the battle occurred over the United Kingdom
German air force the Luftwaffe and Britain's royal air force
A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force
Britain’s victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces -
operation sealion
The aim of this operation is to eliminate the English Motherland as a base from which the war against Germany can be continued, and, if necessary, to occupy the country completely.
it was called off after the battle of Britain had been lost.
they planned on invading Kent via the areas near Ramsgate, Folkstone and Bexhill and moving on from there.
the invasion was planned to happen on the 15th of September but on the 17th Hitler announced that the invasion would not go on. -
Tripartite Pact signed
they signed it in Berlin
Germany, Italy and japan are all involved
the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.
The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war.
they aimed this alliance directly at neutral America it was designed to force the United States to not join the side of the Allies. -
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Siege of Tobruk
Tobruk in Libya (north Africa)
Australia with the British were attacked by the Nazi's and the Italians.
the allies needed to hold down Tobruk as it would force the axis powers to bring their supplies over land.
The allies won and held down Tobruk forcing the axis powers to have to transport their supplies through the land. the Australians were called rats and they embraced the name therefore being called the rats of Tobruk. -
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Operation Barbarossa
German began there invasion on Russia, from the North Cape to the Black Sea. (Europe)
three million German soldiers, began there invasion on Russians.
the Germans began their invasion in the winter which in Russia caused serious problems for the Germans, with the weather dragging them down the German were unable to successfully invade Russia. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. (Pacific)
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the Americans Navel base.
The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise. They planned to Destroy the Pacific Fleet, so the Americans would not be able to fight back as Japan’s armed forces spread across the South Pacific. -
britain and the US declare war on Japan
happened in american and Britain.
the British and the US were involved.
President Franklin Roosevelt requests, and receives, a declaration of war against Japan, after their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Japan attacks Singapore
Japan invaded Singapore. (Pacific)
the British army tried defending off the Japanese.
Singapore was considered a vital part of the British Empire and supposedly impregnable as a fortress.
japan took Singapore and British lost a vital part of their empire for WWII -
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Battle of Midway
in the north-central Pacific Ocean the battle took place. (Pacific)
the battle was between the US and the Japanese.
American intelligence breakthrough this was the solving of the Japanese fleet codes which allowed Pacific Fleet to understand the exact Japanese plans. giving America the win.
this battle was seen as a turning point because after it allowed the Americans sail straight to Tokyo. -
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First battle of El Alamein
this took place in North Africa in El Alamein.
German army known as Panzerarmee Afrika lead by Erwin Rommel took on the British, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and Indian troops.
this was seen as a turning point in the war in North Africa. 9th Division launched an attack on the northern flank and succeeded in taking the important high ground around Tel el Eisa. this caught Rommel of guard, the Australians fighting off the the Germans for the next couple of days. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
the battle occurred at Stalingrad in Russia
between the Russian army and the German army
The Battle was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with a combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million.
Stalingrad was also an important target as it was Russia’s center of communications in the south as well as being a center for manufacturing. but the Germans were unable to take it causing a major turning point in the war. -
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second battle of El Alamein
took place in El Alamein in North Africa
the Panzerarmee Afrika took on British, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and Indian troops.
Three hundred Sherman tanks that were shipped to Egypt from the USA were a crucial influence on the outcome of this battle.
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D-Day Landings
the landings happened at the beaches of Normandy, they lasted until august 1944
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast.
On August 25th, 1944 came the day that the French had been waiting for, Paris had been liberated. Germany losing France was a huge loss forcing them into a corner. -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle took place in Ardennes in Belgium, Luxembourg
it was the Germans final attempt of forcing the allies away.
The Germans threw 250,000 soldiers into the initial assault, 14 German infantry divisions guarded by five panzer divisions-against a mere 80,000 Americans. Germans dressed as Americans and infiltrated camps, this caused suspicion among the american troops.
The war would not end until better weather enabled American aircraft to bomb and strafe German positions. -
Mussolini captured and Executed
Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were killed as they tried to flee Switzerland. the defeat of the Axis powers was all but certain, Mussolini didn't wait to fall into the hands of either the British or the Americans, so he decided to flee the country. He and his wife made it to the Swiss border, only to find that the guards had crossed over to the partisan side. he disguised himself in a Luftwaffe coat and helmet, but he was seen and him and his wife were shot dead. -
Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler, hid away in a air-raid shelter, consumed a cyanide capsule, then shoot himself with a pistol in the head. ending his 1000 year Reich.
The bodies of Hitler were cremated in the chancellery garden by the bunker survivors as per request and reportedly later recovered by Russian troops. A German court finally officially declared Hitler dead, but not until 1956. -
German forces surrender
the German High Command, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, the surrender was signed at Reims in France. In northwestern France, this ended all conflict in the European front. -
V.E. day
Both Great Britain and the United States celebrated Victory in Europe. Cities in both nations, as well as occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, in the defeat of the Nazi war
more than 13,000 British POWs were released and sent back to Great Britain. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
the Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, japan.
the USA dropped the bomb against the Japanese
Since 1940, the United States had been working on developing an atomic weapon. although the war in Europe had been won the war in the south Pacific was still going on. the bomb immediately killed 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more died in the following weeks from wounds and radiation poisoning. -
Soviet Union Declares war on Japan.
the Soviet Union officially declares war on Japan, pouring more than 1 million Soviet soldiers into Japanese-occupied Manchuria, northeastern China, to take on the 700,000-strong Japanese army. after the first atomic bomb was dropped, the Japanese still refused to surrender. but the surprise invasion of the soviet Union caught them off guard. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
the USA dropped the second atomic bomb on the Japanese over Nagasaki. the first bomb was not enough to convince them to surrender. the bomb was nicknamed fat man. the Japanese had suffered greatly in civilian loss from the two bombs and after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union the Japanese stood no chance. -
Japanese surrender, End of world war 2
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. more than 250 Allied warships lay at anchor in Tokyo Bay. The flags of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and China fluttered above the deck of the Missouri. Just after 9 a.m. Tokyo time, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signed on behalf of the Japanese government. -
United Nations is born
United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union to begin formulating the original U.N. Declaration, signed by 26 nations in January 1942, as a formal act of opposition to Germany, Italy, and Japan, the Axis Powers. Now that the war was over, negotiating and maintaining the peace was the practical responsibility of the new U.N. Security Council, made up of the United States, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and China.