World War 2 Facts/Timeline US Marines of the 28th

Transcript:World War 2 Facts/Timeline US Marines of the 28th:
World War 2 Facts/Timeline US Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the US flag on top of Mt. Suribachi at Iwo Jima. Fast Facts -The bloodiest battle in this history of the Marine Corps was the Battle of Iwo Jima. Over 27,000 Marine casualties were reported on the 9.162 mi² island. Of the 18,000 Japanese soldiers defending the island, 216 survived. -There has been only one recording of Hitler speaking normally in a conversation. -When Germany invaded the USSR during Operation Barbarossa, they invaded across a front which spanned 1,500 miles. That’s longer than the Eastern US Seaboard! -The plane which dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima was named “Enola Gay”. Fast Facts (Part 2) -Owen J Baggott is famous for shooting down a Japanese plane with an M1911 pistol while parachuting. -The youngest WWII Fighter was 12. His name was Calvin Graham, and he was given a dishonorable discharge. Prior to the discharge, he saw fighting in the Battle of Santa Cruz and he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart. -Canada produced more trucks than the Axis powers combined. Timeline: European/African Theater- 1939 1939: March 15: Nazis invade Czechoslovakia; March 28: Spanish Civil War Ends; September 1: Germany invades Poland; September 3: Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany; September 4: The Royal Air Force attacks the German navy; September 17: Soviets invade Poland; September 27: Poland surrenders; Timeline: European/African Theater- 1940 January 8: Rationing begins in Britain; March 16: Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland; April 9: Nazis invade Denmark and Norway; May 10: Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands; June 22: By now, Germany has defeated France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands; July 10: Battle of Britain begins; September 13: Italians invade Egypt; December 9: Britain begins offensive on Italians in North Africa; beginning of North African theater; Timeline: European/African Theater- 1941 January 22: Tobruk in North Africa falls to Britain and Australia; February 11-14: British army advances into Italian-controlled territory in East Africa; Erwin Rommel arrives in North Africa; First Afrika Korps units arrive at North Africa; May 24-27: Sinking of the Hood by the Bismarck; Bismarck is sank by the British Navy; June 22: Operation Barbarossa begins; July 3: Stalin calls for a scorched Earth policy October 2: Operation Typhoon begins; October 16-December 7: Germans take Odessa, Kharkov, Sevastopol, and Rostov; Soviets retake Rostov and