World War 2 Battles

The invasion of this country sparked/set off World War II

• Poland

• France

• Great Britain

• The USA

This was the first major Allied Power that Hitler's blitzkrieg took over

• Great Britain

• France

• The USA

• Russia

This battle actually was a mass evacuation (escape/retreat!) with the British helping the French and other allied forces to cross the English Channel

• Dunkirk

• D-Day

• Pearl Harbor

• Stalingrad

Royal Air Force (British air force) defeats the Luftwaffe (German air force) after a year of the Nazis bombing London (London is a big hint!!)

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Stalingrad

USSR (Soviet Union) defeats Germany in bitter cold conditions, turning point in Europe

• Stalingrad

• Battle of the Bulge

• D-Day Invasion

• Rosie the Riveter's battle!

Marked the turning point in the Pacific Theatre USA wins against Japan--and they'd keep on stringing together victories!

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of the Bulge

This was a surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, Pushed the USA into World War 2 to join the Allied Powers

• Pearl Harbor

• Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• The Holocaust

• The D-Day Invasion

Eisenhower, the supreme allied commander for the USA, leads Allied Forces into France, defeats Germany.

• D-Day invasion

• Pearl Harbor

• Dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Battle of Midway

Pushed a Japanese defeat, and VJ (Victory against Japan) day declared.

• The Holocaust

• Dropping of Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Iwo Jima

The last attempt by the Germans to push back against the allied powers-

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Iwo Jima