Timeline of WW2 by James Tyler Aspiras

Non-Aggression Pact - August 23, 1939

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The Non-Aggression Pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany would ally both countries to not attack each other under the occurrence of any military intervention in Poland. However, the alliance would be temporary as the agreement would be betrayed by Hitler and his regime with the attack on the Soviet Union in the following.

Attack on Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor was the miniature offensive conducted by Japanese naval forces to knock out as much of the American naval fleet as possible in the Pacific. The attack would enable Japanese forces to capture Pacific islands as many battleships, destroyers, and other ships except aircraft carriers would be decommissioned.

Poland Invaded - September 1, 1939

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During the Interwar period before WWII, Poland was attacked by Nazi Germany in the West and by the Soviet Union in the East. The invasion of Poland would make way for both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany to expand their territorial claims with Germany satisfying lebensraum in the process and would be one of the factors for the causes in WWII.

Dunkirk Evacuation - May 26 1940 to June 4, 1940

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Also known as Operation Dynamo, as many as 338,000 French and British army units were evacuated from Dunkirk. The event would act as a boost to British morale while soldiers were transported to the island mainland.

Battle of Britain - July 10th 1940 to October 31st 1940

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Britain would be attacked by German Blitzkrieg units of the Luftwaffe in which in sum, the battle would become an air war. Many British citizens would meet their deaths as bombs were dropped from the German Air Force in places such as London as the Nazis objectively desired to invade Great Britain.

Soviet Union Invaded - June 22, 1941

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Nazi Germany would betray the agreed Treaty of Non-Aggression that was signed between the two powers. In what was known as Operation Barbarossa, the Germans would invade the Soviet Union in the objective of Lebensraum to satisfy the German people in ideological aggression in which many communists have died from the Blitzkrieg strategy implemented.

Japanese Internment Camps in America - February 19, 1942

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In the duration of World War Two, the United States sent many Japanese Americans into internment camps after The Attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. In the event, as many as one hundred twenty thousand Japanese American citizens were sent to internment camps out of fear of potential domestic sabotage.

Battle of Midway - June 3, 1942 to June 7, 1942

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In the island of Midway, the battle would act as a turning point in Allied forces’ favor in the Pacific front against the Imperial Japanese Navy. Over the course of several days, the U.S Navy would manage to sink four Japanese aircraft carriers and other naval units and stand a foothold in the Pacific, halting the Japanese advance.

Guadalcanal Campaign - August 7, 1942 to February 9, 1943

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Many American and Japanese forces would seek to seize territorial claims in the Pacific islands. The islands captured would provide a strategic position for military attacks by the Axis and Allied powers and would return in the favor of the Allies later on.

Manhattan Project - August 13, 1942

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In the Manhattan Project, the following took place within United States soil that would focus on creating the world’s first nuclear weapons in the form of the atomic bomb. Objectively, the program aimed to advance the military arsenal of the United States to use against the Axis Powers during WWII and end the conflict, which would eventually lead to it use in Japan in 1945.

Allies Land in North Africa - November 8, 1942

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In North Africa, the Allies and the Axis would meet another intervention of battle in which the British and Americans would fight battalions of Italian and German militia. Objectively, the Allied invasion of North Africa would attack as another point in which the Allies can push the Axis back into Germany.

German Surrender in Stalingrad - February 2, 1943

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During the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, the Germans would surrender the Russian troops from suffering heavy accounts of deaths. The German high command most disliked the surrender, especially from Hitler, and would additionally prove as a turning point in the Eastern front to the push towards Germany by the Allies.

D-Day - June 6, 1944

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On June 6, 1944, the Allies would land in the beaches of France as a standpoint to invade Nazi Germany. In the overtaking, the invasion of France would prove to be a deadly battle against West Nazi German forces with multiple bombardments upon the coasts and accounts of many deaths which would prove crucial in attempting to undermine the nationalist social premise.

Battle of the Bulge - December 16, 1944–January 16, 1945

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In the European theater of WWII, the Battle of the Bulge marked a staging point in which the Germans would defend their country on mass for the last time before pushing to their homeland from the West. The Battle of the Bulge would be known as the bloodiest battle for Allied forces on the European front and would prove a military failure by the Axis.

Iwo Jima Captured - March 26, 1945

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When Iwo Jima was captured by United States forces from the Japanese in the Pacific front, the following action acted as a benchmark in the Pacific island-hopping campaign to set up attacks of bombers upon neighboring islands. In the process, American troops could set up bases and airplane fields for their military to stage offensives, facilitating the capture of Okinawa.

Okinawa Captured - June 22, 1945

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The capture of Okinawa by American Allied forces would set up the potential for the U.S to set up a staging ground to establish an offensive against homeland Japan. When capturing Okinawa, the U.S lost a multitude of men in their invasion forces, earning themselves to be one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific.

Hitler Commits Suicide - April 30, 1945

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Nearby the Berlin Bunker in Germany, Adolf Hitler would commit suicide in which he would first drink a bottle of cyanide and secondly shoot himself in the head afterwards. As the war concluded near to its end, Hitler objectively killed himself to avoid his capture by Allied units.

Germany Surrenders - May 8, 1945

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As the Second World War entered its final stages with the Soviet Union closing on Berlin from the East and the British and American forces from the west, Germany would surrender unconditionally. In the early morning of Monday, the Nazi Reich would sign their surrender in Northeastern France on the terms of the Allies.

Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - August 6, 1945, and August 9, 1945

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The U.S dropped a total of two atomic bombs developed in the Manhattan Project, Fat Boy, and Little Boy, upon the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings would prove to facilitate the ending of the war on the Pacific front as the Japanese would surrender afterward.

Japan Signs Official Surrender - September 2, 1945

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The Japanese officially signed their surrender that ended the Second World War in the Pacific front on the Battleship USS Missouri from the multiple attacks upon the Japanese occupations. The Instrument of Surrender was therefore signed by the Japanese foreign minister as the Soviet Union declared war in the late moments of WWII.