Major Events of World War II

Germany Invades Poland September 1, 1939 Blitzkreig? Soviet Union? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B63DPFxZ4Ns

WWII Weapons

Germany invades France 1940 Captures the city of Paris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErXdRuHYtb0

Battle of Britain 1940 Royal Airforce? Winston Churchill? German Luftwaffe? Germany’s first Failure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QArc2c_umzc

Germany invades Soviet Union 1941 Big Mistake!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhlDMYAGoMo

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3ZiWFEtgQ "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1niwxQgoY 3:09 skip

Germany Attacks Stalingrad 1942 TURNING POINT OF WAR IN EUROPE!!!!! 1942 2 Million causalities Axis lose ¼ of their total manpower http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history/videos/world-war-ii-battle-of-stalingrad

Axis Powers in North Africa Surrender 1943 Needed to be done before the invasion of Italy http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history/videos/north-africa-campaign

1943 Mussolini arrested In July, Allies invade Italy…Hitler sends troops to defend…it takes Allies about a year to capture Rome

June 6, 1944 D-DAY “The Tide has turned June 6, 1944 D-DAY “The Tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory.” Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower Largest water to land ivasion in history Stormed the beaches of Normand to LIBERATE WESTERN EUROPE http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day/videos/d-days http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower/videos/d-day-battle-gear

May 8, 1945 V-E Day One, by one, the countries conquered by Germany were freed as Allied soldiers forced the German out. By the time they got to Berlin, Hitler had committed suicide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuhnGbkvu8o http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/adolf-hitler/videos/adolf-hitler

Battle of the Coral Sea 1942 http://www.ahctv.com/tv-shows/world-war-ii-in-color/videos/world-war-ii-in-color-battle-of-the-coral-sea/ First battle where ships could not see each other…whole battle fought by planes Neither side won but we stopped Japan from invading Australia

Battle of Midway 1942 TURNING POINT OF WAR IN PACIFIC We were protecting a US airbase and were able to sink four Japanese aircraft carriers. This put Japan on the defensive and marked the end of Japanese control in the pacific! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4pUD9qWKs8

Phillippines “I shall return!” General MacArthur The island hopper http://www.history.com/topics/douglas-macarthur

Manhattan Project Top secret mission to develop the Atomic Bomb Einstein and Oppenheimer http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/videos/atomic-bomb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4LQaWJRDg