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The invasion of Poland, marked the beginning of World War II. One week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union.
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The Battle of France, was the German invasion of France. On September 3, 1939 France had declared war on Germany, following the German invasion of Poland. The Battle of Dunkirk was fought in Dunkirk, France, during the Second World War, between the Allies and Nazi Germany.
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The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force.
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successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia, U.S.S.R., during World War II.
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Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
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was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II,
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was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
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is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on marking the end of World War II in Europe.
