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WW2

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  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland

    This is when the war started
  • Great britain and france declare war

    Great britain and france declare war

    forcing Germany to fight a two-front war, fundamentally changing the global conflict's trajectory from regional aggression to a world war
  • Invasion Belgium, Luxembourg, Neatherlands and France

    Invasion Belgium, Luxembourg, Neatherlands and France

    leading to quick occupation of the Low Countries and France's eventual surrender, with the Allies withdrawing from Dunkirk
  • The Great Escape Dunkirk

    The Great Escape Dunkirk

    refers to the miraculous World War II evacuation of over 338,000 trapped Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, in 1940
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain

    defended Britain from massive German Luftwaffe attacks
  • Selective Service and Training Act

    Selective Service and Training Act

    It was amended to cover men 18-64 after Pearl Harbor, leading to mass registrations and inductions for WWII and continuing in various forms through the Vietnam War until 1973
  • Lend-Lease Assistance

    Lend-Lease Assistance

    that allowed the President to lend, lease, or otherwise provide war supplies
  • Attack Pearl Harbor

    Attack Pearl Harbor

    This made America get into the war
  • American enters the war

    American enters the war

    Pearl harbor caused them to get into war
  • Germany and Italy declare War on United States

    Germany and Italy declare War on United States

    declared war on the United States on December 11, 1941, just days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
  • battle of the coral sea

    battle of the coral sea

    a pivotal World War II naval engagement that served as the first-ever carrier-vs-carrier battle and the first action where opposing ships never directly sighted or fired upon each other
  • The Battle of Midway Island

    The Battle of Midway Island

    the pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II
  • The invasion of north africa

    The invasion of north africa

    marking the first major combined U.S.-British offensive
  • invasion of Sicily and Italy

    invasion of Sicily and Italy

    pivotal World War II turning points that knocked Italy out of the war, deposed Benito Mussolini
  • D-Day Invasion of France

    D-Day Invasion of France

    the pivotal turning point of World War II in Europe, marking the start of Operation Overlord to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation
  • nazi concentration camps discovered

    nazi concentration camps discovered

    The discovery of Nazi concentration camps by Allied forces in 1944-1945 provided irrefutable, graphic evidence of the Holocaust's unprecedented brutality
  • the battle of bulge

    the battle of bulge

    Germany's last major offensive on the Western Front
  • The yalta conference

    The yalta conference

    planning the post-World War II world, agreeing to divide Germany and Berlin into occupation zones
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    marks the formal, unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces, ending nearly six years of devastating war in Europe
  • Atomic Bomb on Hirsomira

    Atomic Bomb on Hirsomira

    first use of an atomic weapon in warfare, causing immense devastation, triggering Japan's surrender, ending World War II
  • Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki

    Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki

    force Japan's swift surrender in World War II, aiming to avoid a costly U.S. invasion, demonstrate the devastating power of the new atomic weapon
  • Victory over Japan

    Victory over Japan

    marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history