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Invasion of Poland
Known in Poland as the September Campaign or the Defensive War, and in Germany as the Poland Campaign, was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War II -
Invasion of France
German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front -
Battle of Britan
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. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces -
The Blitz
The term was first used by the British press and is the German word for 'lightning. German bombing campaign against Britain in London, during the Second World War. -
Operation of Barbossa
The code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, original name Operation Fritz, the failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War II -
U.S declares war on Japan
Four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States declaration of war against the Japanese Empire, Nazi Germany declared war against the United State. -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Midway
a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place for three days, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
Battle of Stalingrad
the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
a violent revolt that occurred during World War II. Residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged the armed revolt to prevent deportations to Nazi-run extermination camps. The Warsaw uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe. -
Liberation of concentration Camps
concentration camps filled with sick and starving prisoners. The first major camp to be liberated was Majdanek -
D-Day
Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. Codenamed Operation 'Overlord', the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from German occupation -
Battle of the Bulge
also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive and was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War 2 -
Battle of Iwo Jima
a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
The American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A few days later, Japan announced its surrender. In the years since the two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, a number of historians have suggested that the weapons had a two-pronged objective.
