Theatres of World War 2
Pacific Theatres
European Theatres
D-Day
VE-Day
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Britain
Holocaust
The Invasion of Poland
The Battle of the Coral Sea
The Bombing of Pearl Harbour
German/ Nazi Army set attack on Poland
Poland surrendered 10 days later
1 September 1939
This was Germany's first successful attack
Germany had just conquered most of Europe
After they accomplished the invasions, they set bombs down on Great Britain
July 1940-October 1940
Although Germany had more planes, the British Royal Air Force managed to defeat the German Air Force
Germany declared war on the Soviet Union for the control of the city Stalingrad in Russia
Hitler promoted to General Paulus that he should either fight to death or commit suicide
August 1942- February 1943
This was supposedly the 'bloodiest battle in history'
A.K.A the Battle of Normandy, A.K.A Operation Overlord was fought in Normandy, France
The Supreme Allied Commander forced an attack on the German Atlantic Wall
6 June 1944
This was the largest amphibious assault in history
Victory in Europe Day
Germany had finally signed a surrender that ended 6 years of war
7/8 May 1945
There was still war in Japan which continued until August 1945
Nazi's planned to slaughter all Jewish people or anyone else that seemed not be a 'true german'
The German's held these innocent people hostage in concentration camps placed within Eastern Germany
1941- 8 May 1945
As a result of this, 17 million people we killed ( 6M being Jews and 1.1M being children)
This was an aerial attack on the United States Naval Base in Hawaii by the Japanese
This bombing killed 2403 people
7 December 1941
After this attack, the United States decided to join the war
The Fall of Singapore
The Japanese had taken over the Malaya Peninsula which was part of the British commonwealth
The British eventually surrendered Singapore to Japan
8 December 1941- 15 February 1942
This was the greatest defeat in the history of the British army
Japan struck from air onto Untied States and Australian navy ships
This was the first air-sea battle in history
4 May 1942- 8 May 1942
The Japanese wanted to control of the Coral Sea so they invaded New Guinea and the Solomon Islands