WWII

WWII had a lot of firsts including the first jet plane, first nuclear bomb, first time anyone has crossed the rhine river in over a hundred years, and first communist country to fight in an major war ever.

WWII from 1933 to 1945

1933-01-30 00:00:00

hitler becomes chancellor

This was caused by the New York Stock exchange crash and all the countrys calling in their loans. This is so important because this is the start of a build up troops and land by the germans. this is also the point where hitler takes back the land that they lost from WWI.

1933-03-09 18:34:30

appeasement

where Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gave hitler everything he wanted except Poland.

1939-09-01 06:59:10

Germany invade Poland from the east and the Russians from the west.

This was the end of appeasement and the start of WWII. The Germans attacked thinking that the British and french would not declare war on them because they had already given them all the land that they had wanted as in the past.

1939-09-03 04:54:51

Great Britain and France declare war on germany

These are the first major enemies that were strong enough to defend them selves and fight against them.

1939-09-03 04:54:51

Phony war

A section of the war where there were only movement of troops and the invasion of Denmark and all those little countrys. It ended when the french were invaded.

1940-05-10 04:54:51

Germany invades France and captures paris

It knocked out France as revenge for WWI and it put them in strategic position to bomb and invade Great Britain.

1940-05-26 04:54:51

Dunkirk

It let the allies fight another day and gave everyone a large morale boost.

1940-07-10 04:54:51

London Blitz

Because they beat a vastly superior force. That they last standing allies could beat the german enemies.

1941-03-11 12:27:00

lend lease act

It changed the US from no help to economic funding.

1941-06-22 12:27:00

Operation Barbarossa

It made the USSR join the allies and 100% proved that Germany could never be trusted.

1941-09-08 12:27:00

leiningrad

It unified the Russian people against the Germans out of fear that what is happening there will be at there house.

1941-12-07 12:27:00

pearl harbor

It awoke the giant to start mass producing weapons. the goal was to knock out the Pacific fleets carriers. the reason was they needed to knocks us out for awhile so they could invade Australia and get oil form other countrys. And made the US go from economic to direct involvement in the war.

1941-12-08 12:27:00

US declares war on japan

It officially allowed us to attack them and use submarine warfare.

1941-12-11 01:00:00

Germany declares war on the US

It means we can supply Britain as a allies and we join the allies.

1941-12-11 06:12:00

US declares war on Germany

We could invade Germany and Italy while taking their stuff.

1942-06-04 01:00:00

battle of midway

It was the turning point in the pacific. While dealing a devastating blow to the Japanese navy by destroying 5 aircraft carriers. It was three American aircraft carriers against five Japanese.

1942-07-01 20:42:00

El Alamein 1

It stopped the undersupplied Rommel from getting supplies from the Nile. It stopped the germans from taking the nile this is important because the Nile would have been an issue for the British because they could not get their troops to the homeland as fast. this pitted newly general Montgomery against Rommel.

1942-10-23 20:42:00

EL Alamein 2

This was the turning point in Africa where the allies beat the Germans and went on to capture all the retreating germans when they were trapped against the Mediterranean.

1943-02-02 20:42:00

Germans lose Stalingrad

It was the turning point in eastern front where six million people died. It was also where the USSR first mobilized.

1943-07-05 20:42:00

battle of kursk

It was the largest ever tank battle where the USSR was victories. It showed that the tiger was no match for the T- 34.

1943-07-09 02:40:38

invasion of Sicily

This is the the first assault on a axis power which officially lead to the surrender of the Italians to the allies.

1944-06-06 02:19:30

D-Day/operation Overlord

This was the turning point of the western european front and the european front. Because it was a pincher movement where the germans were stuck in the middle between the USSR and the Great Britain and the US.

1944-12-16 20:57:41

Battle of the Bulge

It was the last major german offensive and was the final show of hands that the germans lost. the Bastogne was the where a american regiment got trapped and were freed was by general Patton.

1944-12-16 20:57:41

Battle of Berlin

It was the final attack in Europe that also was the start of the cold war. the Germans were split between west Germany and east Germany. A newly promoted general went over and created a corridor so that the German people could flee to the west side of Germany.

1945-05-08 05:04:30

VE day

The end of the war in Europe and the time the USSR should have receded it's troops from the "liberated" countrys. The end of the most deadly side of the war. and the Marshall Plan comes into play.

1945-08-06 05:04:30

Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuked

Little boy was dropped on Hiroshima ushering in the nuclear age age. the devastation that these bombs brought would come into play during the cold war when one was pointed at another country and one was pointed opposite.

1945-09-02 05:04:30

VJ Day

The end of the war and the start of the US being the most powerful country in the world. The surrender document was signed on the USS Missouri.

1945-09-02 05:04:30

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