world war 2

outbreak of the war

27th January 1923 The first meeting of the Nazi party in Germany takes
place. Their leader is called Adolf Hitler then Adolf Hitler and his Nazis come
to power in Germany. German troops march into the Rhineland in Southern
Germany, reaking the promise they signed when they lost !orld !ar Ne"ille
#hamerlain, the $ritish %rime &inister, promises %oland that if Germany
in"ades them $ritain and her ally 'rance would help. ( septemer ()*),
German in"aded %oland, on the *rd of Septemer $ritian declared the second
world war with Germany.
The phoney war
The phoney war was +urope was at war with Germany and they egan to get
ig, fierce strong machinery to try and defeat the uneatale Germany ut in
the end nothing happened no fight or no e,plosions were sent off. -ournalists
called this the .The %honey !ar..
Dunkirk
/unkirk, was an +"acuation of aout **0,112 Army men from The "ery North
+astern each of 'rance also near the $elgium order, of which (13,333
were 'rench and $elgium troops, which started on the 12th of may ()43, and
lasted for aout a week or so, in which (335s of all kinds of ships and oats,
$ritish Na"al ships, destroyers, 'ishing oats, %leasure oats, Small sailing
oats, e"en Tames paddle steamers took them ack to +ngland, to regroup.
Battle of Britain
The $attle of $ritain was the German air force5s attempt to gain air superiority
o"er the RA' from -uly to Septemer ()43. Their ultimate failure was one of
the turning points of !orld !ar Two and pre"ented Germany from in"ading
$ritain.
War at sea
The attle of the Atlantic was fiercely fought in ()4*. The Germans kept as
many as 143 sumarines prowling the sea lanes in wolf packs. They sank
aout 633 merchant ships efore $ritian de"eloped se"eral good defenses
against undersea attacks. The $ritian omed German sumarine ases
without letup and con"oyed ships with long7range omers.
Operation Barbarossa
8n this day in ()4(, o"er * million German troops in"ade Russia in three
parallel offensi"es, in what is the most powerful in"asion force in history.
Nineteen panzer di"isions, *,333 tanks, 1,933 aircraft, and 6,333 artillery
pieces pour across a thousand7mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second
front. /espite the fact that Germany and Russia had signed a .pact. in ()*),
each guaranteeing the other a specific region of influence without interference
from the other, suspicion remained high. !hen the So"iet :nion in"aded
Rumania in ()43, Hitler saw a threat to his $alkan oil supply.
Pearl Harbor
The attack on %earl Haror was a surprise military strike conducted y the
;mperial -apanese Na"y against the :nited States na"al ase at %earl
Haror, Hawaii, on the morning of /ecemer 6, ()4( </ecemer 0 in -apan=.
The attack led to the :nited States5 entry into !orld war 1
D-Day
8n -une 2, ()44 the 'orces of $ritain, America, #anada, and 'rance attacked
German forces on the coast of Normandy, 'rance, !ith a huge force of o"er
(93,333 soldiers, They attacked and gained a "ictory that ecame the turning
point for !orld !ar ;; in +urope.
Victory in Europe
The >ictory in +urope was the day that +urope won the attle of Germany,
ended all the misery. This ecame a national holiday.
Hiroshia and Victory o!er "apan
The Hiroshima was made history of when the :nited States of America
dropped a nuclear weapon in Hiroshima -apan near the end of the world war
1. The "ictory o"er -apan was when -apan practically surrendered which
effecti"ely ended the !orld war.
Pearl harbor
On the ornin# of Deceber $% &'(&% %lanes and small sumarines
attacked %earl Haror.They chose this time ecause most people were at
church. At 30?*3, a second wa"e of (63 -apanese aircraft, mostly torpedo
omers, attacked the fleet anchored in %earl Haror.8"erall, nine ships of
the :.S. fleet were sunk and 1( ships were se"erely damaged. Three of the
1( would e irreparale. The o"erall death toll reached 1,*93, including 20
ci"ilians, and (,(60 in@ured.
The attack at %earl Haror so outraged Americans that the :.S. aandoned
its policy of isolationism and declared war on -apan the following day
officially ringing the :nited States into !orld !ar ;;.
Winston )hurchill
!inston #hurchill lead Great $ritain for most of !orld !ar Two and
#hurchillAs BulldogA spirit seemed to summaries the mood of the $ritish
people e"en during the ad times, such as /unkirk, and the inspirational
"ictories, such as the $attle of $ritain.
/uring the world war !inston Helped Keep British Moral up and also made
important decisions in the war, as well as trying his best to persuade the
Americans to join the war, telling them that if they don't join now, it will be too
late. Britain had been fighting alone for 3 years and was on the verge of being
invaded, if Britain had been invaded, the outcome of WW2 could have been
much different for many reasons, and the Nazis may have won WW2.
For many reasons, such as they could have put all there force into attacking
the eastern front, instead of having there army divided with some attacking
Britain to the west, and some attacking the USSR to the east. Had Britain
been invaded, The Nazis may have defeated the USSR and this would have
made the Nazis victorious and won WW2. Churchill lead Britain to win the
world war lead Britain through very bad times he persuaded many major
presidents to come with Britain to defeat Germany.