6th Per. WWII Timeline by Haley Smith

Nazi-Soviet Pact

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In August 1939, Germany signs a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. It was meant to keep Britain from entering a war and agreeing to split Poland amongst themselves.

Nazi Invasion of Poland

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September 1939 German blitzkrieg overruns Poland. Germany quickly wins. Britain and France declare war on Germany.

France's Maginot Line

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France, in the 1930's had built Massive defenses built along France's border with Germany after WWI.

The Fall of France.

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In May 1940, Hitler's army moves through the Ardennes and around the Maginot Line. Reaching France's Northern coast in 10 days, and France surrenders.

Miracle at Dunkirk.

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In Spring 1940, Allied forces pushed to the beaches at Dunkirk and the French & British troops rescued by 850 British ships.

The Battle of Britain.

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the summer of 1940 - May 1941, German Luftwaffe makes nightly bomb raids over Great Britain. While New technology, (Enigma Radar) allow British RAF to hold off Germany and prove Hitler can be stopped.

Operation Barbarossa.

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June 1941, Germany breaks the non-aggression pact and invades the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union uses Scorched Earth Policy and holds back Germany at Leningrad. Germany moves on to Moscow and Stalingrad

Stalingrad.

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August 1942 - February 1942. Germany wanted to seize oil fields and capture Stalingrad.

German troops surrender to the Soviet Union due to starvation and cold.

Pearl Harbor.

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December 7th, 1941. Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. in retaliation for cutting off their oil supply.

19 American ships suck or were damaged. More than 2,300 Americans were killed and the U.S. enters the war.

D-Day.

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The massive invasion of Europe planned by Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Normandy, France is selected as the est location.

The invasion is June 6th, 1944.

Troops landed in France to push into Germany. It was the largest land and sea attack in history.

Leading the eventual liberation of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

The Liberation of Europe.

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Allied solders pushed into Paris and free France. The soviet army closes in on Germany from the east.

U.S. and British forces advance from the west.

The Battle of Berlin begins in April of 1945. Hitler commits suicide that month and Germany surrenders in May.

The Battle of Midway.

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June 4th, 1942.

Japan targeted Midway to get the whole US fleet to the Island.

US attack on the Japanese aircraft carries and was successful.

The turning point of the war in the Pacific

Battle of Guadalcanal.

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August 1942-Febuary 1943.

Allies attacked Japanese airbase in the Solomon Islands.

The battle turned into a savage struggle and ended with more than 24,000 dead.

Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa.

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February - June 1945.

The brutal fighting over small Islands close to Japan. Extremely high casualties on both sides.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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August 6th & 9th, 1945.

President Truman informed and invasion of Japan might cost a million lives. Dropping the bomb would be the quickest possible end to war.

Approximately 140,000 Japanese civilians had died in the atomic bombs. Radiation fallout killed more. Leading the Japanese surrender.