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German Blitzkrieg
Germany invades Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. Bombing early to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland -
Battle of Paris
Germany attacked in the west to believe that German forces would attack through central Belgium as though they did in World War I. The main German attack went through the Ardennes Forest in southeastern Belgium and northern Luxembourg. German tanks broke through the French defensive lines and advanced to the coast. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005181 -
Battle of Britain
Germany bombed an attack on the city of London. The British Royal Air force took to the sky and scattered the German bombers. Shot down a great numbers of German planes. Around 1,000 British planes were shot down during the battle, and over 1,800 German planes were destroyed. http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_britain.php -
Pearl Harbor pt. 2
Pearl Harbor, U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii. Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels. 2,400 American died on attack, and 1,000 people were wounded. Day after President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa , a code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The German troops failed to defeat the Soviet forces in the campaign. With Germany had signed a non-aggression pact with the USSR in 1939 both still had suspicion for one another, as Hitler had his mind set on the Soviet Resources. Some 775,000 German casualties, and more than 800,00 Soviets had been killed. -
Bombing on Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes and bombers flew to Pearl Harbor and attacked. Dropping bombs and torpedoes on the war ships forcing the US fighter planes to stay on ground and not be able to defend. They damaged many ships including warships, destroyers, and cruisers. http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/pearl_harbor_attack.php -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March, Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. Soon after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japan took over of Southeast Asia. After months of fighting the Japanese defeated the U.S. and Filipino army on Bataan. Marched to move them to camp O'Donnell, which the Japanese would turn into a prison. https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/bataan_death_march.php -
Battle of Midway
United States launched its first attack on the Japanese home islands. Japan hoped to trap a number of U.S. aircraft carriers as a plan, however the U.S knew of their plan and prepared their own trap for the Japanese. Japanese launched number of fighter planes and bombing from four aircraft carriers on the Midway island. https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_midway.php -
Battle of Stalingrad
German air force bombed the Volga River, then to the city of Stalingrad. Much to Stalingrad dismay, Soviets troops hid over the city, in buildings and sewers. The Soviets trapped the German inside of Stalingrad, lacking food, cold temperatures, some Germans surrendered. http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_stalingrad.php -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. The Germans had destroyed and left the area in ruins, surviving residents were deported to concentration camps or killing centers. Around 300,00 Jews were deported or murdered. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005188 -
D-Day
United States invaded Normandy along with the allied troops. General Dwight D. Eisenhower plans were made to land in Normandy, west of where the Germans troops and artillery were built up. Germans were forced to fight a two front war again, but couldn't handle both sides. The largest air, land, and sea invasion. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/d-day -
Battle of Bulge
The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, in attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. The Germans created a area around the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line. The Germans lost many troops and equipment that forced no attack on Allied forces. Lost a significant amount of weapons and tanks. https://worldhistory2battleofthebulge.weebly.com/results-and-significance.html -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
As a final stage of war, the Soviet soldiers needed to first liberate concentration camps prisoners. Found nothing but hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners,forcing the Germans to leave behind these prisoners. The Americans were responsible for liberating Buchenwald and Dachau. Allied troops and physicians provided nourishment for the surviving prisoners. Many felt guilty for surviving without some of their friends and family. https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724 -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. Air Force dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. To be able for Japan to surrender quickly the quit the American casualties, the United States needed to use the atomic bomb before the Soviet Union entered the war. 90% of the city was wiped out and 80,00 people killed, some due to from the radiation exposure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4740000/newsid_4749200/4749229.stm -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The U.S. planes and battleships may have killed the Japanese, in order to land. The Japanese dug tunnels under the ground and hiding places all over the island for protection. Japanese would move tunnel to tunnel all around areas on the island. After 36 days of fighting, the U.S. finally secured the island of Iwo Jima, by placing a flag on top of Mount Suribachi. http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_iwo_jima.php
