World war 2

By Kendratt

  • The Invasion of Poland

    joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.

  • The Battle of Britain

    The defense of Great Britain against the air raids by the German Air Force

  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Japanese planes destroyed 19 US warships and 300 aircraft and killed over 2400 servicemen

  • The Battle of Midway

    Navy made the Japanese invasion fleet heading for midway island

  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    It was one of the most decisive battles on the eastern front in the Second World War.

  • Operation Torch

    British won in North Africa allowing American armed forces to fight

  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    In 1943, the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program (MFAA) was established under the Civil Affairs and Military Government sections of the Allied armies

  • The Battle of Kursk

    the largest tank confrontation in history, Germany sent out 2700 tanks against 3600 soviet tanks

  • D-Day

    brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies

  • The Battle of the Bulge

    marked the last German offensive on the western front

  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    Japanese mounted the last banzai charge wanting to strike a final blow for the emperor

  • The Battle of Okinawa

    Major battle of the pacific war fought on the island of Okinawa by the US army

  • The Death of FDR

    sitting for a portrait he collapsed and died of a cerebral hemorrhage

  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    he commits suicide by swelling a cyanide and shooting himself in then head

  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    The two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people

  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    The two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today.