Major Events of WWII

1. September 1939- Germany invades Poland

1.1. France and Britain declared war on Germany

2. June 1941- Stalingrad

2.1. War between (Stalin) Russia and (Hitler) Germany

2.2. Brutally cold weather

3. 1930s- Nazis Anti-Jewish propaganda

3.1. Start of anti-jews and legislation

4. 1933-The Holocaust

4.1. approximately 6 million Jewish deaths

4.2. Hitler led over millions of Jewish deaths, made internment camps, and destroyed many Jewish lives

5. 1941- Pearl Harbor

5.1. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor as a distraction while they invaded Southeast Asia

6. June 1942- Battle of Midway

6.1. Battle was fought on land, in the air, and at sea

7. June 1944- D-Day

7.1. Eisenhower led troops into Normandy, France and then into Germany where Russia was fighting

7.2. Almost a year (little shorter) later Germany surrendered

8. August 1945- Hiroshima and Nagasaki

8.1. U.S. dropped atomic bombs onto Hiroshima

8.1.1. killed 78,000 ppl and 100,000 casualties

8.2. Second attack was made at Nagasaki

8.2.1. killed 40,000 ppl

9. September 1945- Japan surrenders

9.1. End of war

10. May 1945- Germany surrenders

10.1. first to western allies and then to the Soviets