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Kristallnacht
"Night of Crystal" is reffered as "Night of Broken Glass"
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Nazi- Soviet Non-Agression Pact
Nazi Germany and Soviet Union met and signed this agreement guaranteed both countries would not attack eachother. Hitler was preparing for war. -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler marches planes,tanks, troops towards Poland, World War II begins. -
Dunkirk
Hitler's armies strike westward across Europe. -
The Fall of France
German troops invade France. -
The Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain begins. -
The Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter served as a foundation stone for the later establishment of the United Nations, setting forth several principles for the nations of the world, including -- the renunciation of all aggression, right to self-government, access to raw materials, freedom from want and fear, freedom of the seas, and disarmament of aggressor nations. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan bombs pearl harbor. U.S. enter World War II -
Battle of Coral Sea
Was a major naval battle in the pacific theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway effectively destroyed Japan’s naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers -
Operation Torch
From North Africa, the plan was to invade Sicily and then on to mainland Italy and move up the so-called “soft underbelly” of Europe. Victory in the region would also do a great deal to clear the Mediterranean Sea of Axis shipping and leave it more free for the Allies to use. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad is considered by many historians to have been the turning point in World War Two in Europe. The battle at Stalingrad bled the German army dry in Russia and after this defeat, the Germany Army was in full retreat. One of the ironies of the war, is that the German Sixth Army need not have got entangled in Stanlingrad. Army Groups A and B were well on their way to the Caucasus in south-west Russia, when Hitler ordered an attack on Stalingrad. From a strategic point of view -
D-Day
U.S Army takes of Normady. Free's Europe from Hitler's Tyranny -
Battle of the Bulge
German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces in a manner that would turn the tide of the war in Hitler's favor. The battle that ensued is known historically as The Battle of the Bulge. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major battle where the United States Armed Forces captured the Island Iwo Jima from the Jappenesse Empire -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe! -
Hiroshima
Largest island of Japan, targeted by the United States they dropped A-Bomb near the end of World War II -
Nagasaki
A North Pacific island in the Marianas, 1500 miles south of Japan and island that was bombed by the A-BOMB -
V-J Day
Victory day in Japan! -
Nuremberg Trails
Series of trails held in Nurenberg, in which former Nazi leaders indicated and tried as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal
