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Major Events of World War 2
1.
Allies defeat Japan in
the battle of Midway
Jun 1942
Germany bombs
Britain
Jul 1940
1939
1940
1941
Germany invades
Poland starting WW2
Sep 1939
1942
1943
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii. America joins
WW2
Dec 1941
D-Day: Allied Troops
land in France and
begin invasion
Jun 1944
1944
Italy surrenders
Sep 1943
Japan surrenders
ending WW2
Sep 1945
2.
3.
1945
1946
Atomic bombs dropped
on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki Japan
Aug 1945
4.
5.
6.
7.
1)
Which happened earlier?
2)
What year was Britain bombed by Germany?
3)
How many months after the atomic bombs were dropped did Japan surrender?
4)
What year did World War 2 start?
5)
What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?
6)
What year was the battle of Midway?
7)
What year did America join World War 2?
8)
Japan captured Singapore in February of 1942. Could you put this event on the timeline above? ( Yes / No )
9)
What is this timeline about?
10)
A. Italy Surrenders
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B. D-Day
08.
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What event happened in 1944?
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Major Events of World War 2
Allies defeat Japan in
the battle of Midway
Jun 1942
Germany bombs
Britain
Jul 1940
1939
1940
1941
Germany invades
Poland starting WW2
Sep 1939
1942
1943
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii. America joins
WW2
Dec 1941
B. D-Day
Italy surrenders
Sep 1943
Japan surrenders
ending WW2
Sep 1945
1945
1946
Atomic bombs dropped
on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki Japan
Aug 1945
A
Which happened earlier?
2)
What year was Britain bombed by Germany?
3)
How many months after the atomic bombs were dropped did Japan surrender?
4)
What year did World War 2 start?
5)
What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?
6)
What year was the battle of Midway?
7)
What year did America join World War 2?
8)
Japan captured Singapore in February of 1942. Could you put this event on the timeline above? ( Yes / No )
9)
What is this timeline about?
1940
A
2.
1940
3.
1
4.
1939
5.
7
6.
1942
7.
1941
08.
Yes
9.
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1
1939
7
1942
1941
World War 2
What event happened in 1944?
Social Studies
or
1944
1)
10)
A. Italy Surrenders
D-Day: Allied Troops
land in France and
begin invasion
Jun 1944
1.
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D-Day: Allied Troops land in France and begin invasion
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Major Events of World War 2
1.
Allies defeat Japan in
the battle of Midway
Jun 1942
Germany bombs
Britain
Jul 1940
1939
1940
1941
Germany invades
Poland starting WW2
Sep 1939
1942
D-Day: Allied Troops
land in France and
begin invasion
Jun 1944
1943
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii. America joins
WW2
Dec 1941
1944
Japan surrenders
ending WW2
Sep 1945
3.
1945
Italy surrenders
Sep 1943
2.
1946
Atomic bombs dropped
on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki Japan
Aug 1945
4.
5.
6.
7.
1)
Which happened earlier?
2)
What year was Britain bombed by Germany?
3)
How many months after the atomic bombs were dropped did Japan surrender?
4)
What year did World War 2 start?
5)
What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?
6)
What year was the battle of Midway?
7)
What year did America join World War 2?
8)
Japan captured Singapore in February of 1942. Could you put this event on the timeline above? ( Yes / No )
9)
What is this timeline about?
10)
A. Italy Surrenders
What event happened in 1944?
Social Studies
or
B. D-Day
1941
1939
or
1941
1941
World War 2
or
8.
1940
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Circle Correct
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12
1943
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7
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2
1942
or
or
1942
Germany Bombing Britain
Allied Troops land in France
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Italy surrenders
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