Major Events in WWII

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Major Events in WWII by Mind Map: Major Events in WWII

1. Europe

1.1. Germany invades Poland

1.1.1. September 1939

1.1.2. france was next

1.2. stalingrad

1.2.1. german army defeated in spring 1943

1.3. Battle of Crete

1.3.1. May 1941

1.4. D day

1.4.1. June 6, 1944

1.4.2. 300000 troops on the beach at normandy

1.5. battle Moscow

1.5.1. oct. 1941 - Jan. 1942

1.6. battle of the Bulge

1.6.1. followed D day

1.6.2. germans ran out of resources

1.7. battle of Berlin

1.7.1. hitler kills himself

2. Africa

2.1. Operation Compass

2.1.1. Dec. 1941 - Feb. 1941

2.1.2. british capture 100000 italian troops

2.2. Rommel's First Offence

2.2.1. Britain loses Cyrenaica

2.3. Operation Brevity

2.3.1. May 15,16, 1941

2.3.2. british Temporarily hold halfaya pass

2.4. operation Skorpion

2.4.1. british losses halfaya pass

2.5. operation Battleaxe

2.5.1. june 1941

2.5.2. British attempt to regain Cyrenaica

2.6. operation Crusader

2.6.1. Rommel withdrew units

2.6.2. british gets first victory over germany

3. Pacific

3.1. battle of Midway

3.1.1. June 4, 1942

3.1.2. americans attack

3.1.3. Americans cracked japans codes and knew their plans

3.2. Pearl Harbor

3.2.1. December 7, 1941

3.2.2. jJapanes fighters drop bombs on pearl harbor

3.2.3. USA declares war on japan

3.3. Okinawa

3.3.1. kamikaze planes were used to stop American invasion

3.3.2. 38000 american troops wounded

3.3.3. 12000 american troops killed

3.4. Iwo Jima