World at War

(11/6/2020)

September 1, 1939

(11/10/2020)

It was a peaceful world really, but a man with a powerful army decided to do something that the world will never forget. It was Hitler who decided to invade Poland and while he was doing so, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany

(11/12/2020)

and that was the moment when the world was at war. Germany successfully invaded and occupied Poland, about a month later a man from Great Britain named Winston Churchill sent a message to Hitler, saying not to invade Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and other countries.

(11/16/2020)

but Hitler refused and invaded Denmark in April, 1940. He successfully defeated Denmark and quickly invaded Norway in April, 1940 and after that, He invaded Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece in 1941.

(12/3/2020)

in August 19, 1942 Allied forces raid Dieppe, France. August 21: Battle of the Tenaru: Allies defeat Japanese land forces on Guadalcanal.

(12/9/2020)

August 22: Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy. August 23: Battle of Stalingrad begins: German troops reach the suburbs of Stalingrad.

(12/15/2020)

in the middle of 1942, the Blitz intensified in both England and Germany, with the first thousand-bomber air raid on Cologne, and German bombing of British cathedral cities. In the Pacific, the Japanese continued their expansion into Borneo, Java and Sumatra.

(1/6/2021)

Allied forces take back North Africa, Italy Surrenders to Allied Forces, Dambuster Raids on German dams, Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising, US General Dwight D.

(1/14/2021)

February 8, 1943– WWII – Battle of Guadalcanal: United States forces defeat Japanese troops. ... February 14 – Battle of the Kasserine Pass: German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launch an offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia; it is the United States' first major battle defeat of the war.

(1/19/2021)

June 6, 1944, The United States and allied troops invaded at Normandy. This was the largest air, land, and sea invasion in history. The goal was to surprise Germany, but Germany was ready to fight. It was the beginning of the end of World War II.

(1/25/2021)

the final year of World War 2, including the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Battle of the Bulge ends – from now on the German Army is on retreat into Germany itself. The bombing raids on the German city of Dresden start. ... The last bomb of the war falls on Britain, a V1.

The End