Germany And The World War II

lands on Iwo Jima (February 19, 1945) U.S. troops trap Germans in the Ruhr (April 1, 1945) Harry Truman becomes president after Franklin Roosevelt dies (April 12, 1945) The U.S. drops the Atomic Bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) The U.S. drops the Atomic Bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) The Japanese surrender to end World War II (August 14, 1945) Germany’s raid on Poland came as a surprise because before the war started they had agreed to a nonaggression pact. Poland then gained multiple pieces of land from Germany. During the war the Germans signed a pact with the Soviet Union which allowed Germany to attack Poland without the Soviets intervening. Germany broke the pact with Poland and attacked them. When Germany attacked it only took a matter of weeks until they defeated Poland. The attack on Poland caused multiple countries to declare war against Germany, starting World War II. D-Day was an attack launched by the Allied Powers against France. The Allied troops stormed the beaches of France in a surprise attack. They used 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and 150,000 troops in the