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

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