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Kristallnacht
Called "night of the broken glass", which refers to the broken windows in jewish shops. It was the night the nazi's shipped off the jews to concentration camps. -
Italy declares war on Germany
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Wannsee Conference
A conference the nazis had outside of berlin to agree on a new approach. They developed a plan to achieve what one nazi leader called the "final solution to the jewish quetion". The plan would lead to a genocide in the near future. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Believed to be the turnign point in World War 2 in europe. The german army was defeated in Russia and had to turn to a retreat. -
Casablanca Conference
The first war conference between the Allied Powers. It was a conference to plan the next strategy for the allies and the end of the war. -
Anzio Invasion
During the Italian Campaign of World War 2, was an Allied amphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of anzio and Nettuno, Italy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany Launched a counterattack in Belgium and Luxemburg. The attack pushed US' First army back to create a bulge in the allied army line. -
Operation Overlord
The code name for the Battle Of Normandy. The operation Launched the invasion of Germanoccupied western Europe during World War 2 by allied forces. -
Liberation of paris
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Yalta Conference
Anouther conference between the allies. With soviet troops in most of eastern europe, stalin was in a strong negotiating postion. -
Nuemburg Trials
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V-E Day