World War 2

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, Japan

Allies

United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, China

Germany leader

Adolf Hitler

Italy leader

Benito Mussolini

Japan leader

• Emperor Hirochito, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo

Soviet Union leader

Joseph Stalin

UK leader

Winston Churchill

US leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman

The event that started WW2

Germany invaded Poland on September 1 1939

British and France declared war on Germany 2 days later

sequence key events of WWII

1939 - Germany invades Poland which marked the beginning of WW2

1940 - The Battle Of Britain, Germany invades France

1941- Germany invade Soviet Union, Japan attack on Pearl Harbor (leading the US into war) 

1942 - Battle Of Midway in the pacific

1944 - D-Day

1945 - Germany surrenders (may), atomic bombs dropped on Japan (august) which results in Japan surrender (war ends)

Pacific Theatre of War

Part of WW2 which the war took place in the Pacific ocean and Asia

When did the Pacific Theatre of War start

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, bringing the US into the war

How did the Pacific Theatre of War end

The US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and on Nagasaki August 9 in 1945. Resulted in Japan's surrender