WWII and Aftermath
Harry Yao and Adesh Dasani
Who
• Allies against the axis: British, Americans, French, Poles, Brazilians,
Canadians, Indians, and British and French African, Soviet Union
(Russia).
• Axis: Germany, Hungary, Austria, Italy.
The European Theater
1939 to 1945
The countries in war are:
What Happened?
A Time line(1939-1942) before D-Day
!939 Sep. 1
Germany Invades Poland.
1939 Sep.3
Great Britain, and France declare war on Germany .
1939 Nov. 30
Soviet forces invade Finland. Starting the winter war. It ended in the defeat
of Finland in March 30,1940
1940 April 9
Germany invades Norway and Denmark.
1940 June 10
In Italy, Mussolini declares war on Great Britain and France.
1940 June 22
Hitler signs an armistice with France at Compiegne.
1940 Sep. 7
Luftwaffe begin nightly bombing of London.
1940 September 27
The Tripartite Pact is signed by Japan, Italy, and Germany, formalizing the
Axis alliance
1941 Oct. 2
German forces launch Operation Typhoon.
1941 December 7
Japanese planes attack the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; the
following day the United States declares war on Japan and enters World War
II.
1942 May 12
A Soviet counterattack against the Germans at Kharkov.
1942 June 28
The Germans launch Operation Blue in the Soviet Union, pressing forward
on the eastern front.
D-Day
ONLY land based fighting before the invasion of Sisley.
After D-Day
The Pacific theater
The Battle for the Philippines, Bataan death march.
Battle for Midway
why did Japanese surrender?
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