Will+L+WWII

TimeLine

1933- Hitler Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany. He abolishes democracy and becomes a dictator. Japan and Germany leave the League of Nations. He had most of the power in German.

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1939- Nonaggression Pact

August 23, 1939 the Germans and Russians made a pact. The pact that said that they would strike each other or go to war. That meant both sides couldn’t attack and that they both had a common enemy. The Russians were able to come to a collective agreement with France and Britain. So later on doing the war the Germans had backstabbed the Russians.

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1939- Hitler invades France and Britain

September 1939 Hitler invaded France and Britain and declared war on Germany. When Germany attacked France they fell because France was not ready for Germany’s invasion. The type of fighting style that Hitler used was called Blitzkrieg (lighting war). France wasn’t prepared because of how fast Germany attacked. And soon Germany ran most of the Europe and North Africa.

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1941- USS Arizona The USS Arizona many people lost there lives 2,388 us soldiers were killed 1,718 soldiers were wounded. They were also 1,177 crew members as the boat caped sized. A 184 ft long memorial structure was built over the USS Arizona.

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1941- The battle of Stalingrad

June 22, 1941 Germany had gone to war with Russia because Hitler seemed as though by them taken over Russia they could have all resources. When Germany arrived they killed bout two and a half million Russians. And Russia pushed Germany westward. Germany thought that Russia could easily be destroyed but Russia put up a fight and won. And soon after a couple of years the war was over.

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1942- Battle of Midway The battle was fought on the pacific. Japan was on the offensive capturing territory of Asia and the pacific. Japan was trying to surprise the pacific but it didn’t work. The pacific fleet surprised Japan with massive attacks. The war ended June 6, 1942.

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1944-D-day June 6, 1944 the largest land and sea battle. The battles consist of Americans and the Germanys. The Americans invaded Normandy. The code for it was called “Operation Overload” which meant that the Americans would try to cut of any commutation that the Germans had with their government. On May 7, 1945 the Nazis surrendered and war was over.

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1945-VE-day May 8 1945 was VE-day which meant Victory in Europe. The Russians pushed the Germanys back to their capitol city. So the Germans were surrounded and tried to retreat but couldn’t. The big three met at Yalta Conference (Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill) to discuss the end to the war in Europe so Russia agreed to declare war on Germany but by then Germany surrendered. And the war was over on May 8 1945. [] 1945- Hiroshima and Nagasaki After VE-day Japan was still fighting, and Truman wanted to test out the newly atomic bombs. So to stop the casualties for the U.S Truman dropped the bombs. The Enola Gay dropped the bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. And they killed about 78,000 people an injured 100,000 more. And dropped one on Nagasaki in Japan on the 9 and killed bout 40,000 people.

[] 1945- Battle of Berlin The battle of berlin was one of the most massive battles. The battle lasted from April to early May. Before the battle was over hitler had commited suscide and five days later germany surrender. And because of the germans surrenderding poland was opened to the red army. And the war ended May 8th 1945.

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