US History Timeline Project

  • Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

    Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria right after the Mukden Incident
  • Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

    In January of 1933, Adolf Hitler became in charge of Germany. Not by force but by fair election.
  • Nanking Massacre/ Rape of Nanking

    Nanking Massacre/ Rape of Nanking

    This was a mass killing and ravaging of Chinese men and women by Japanese soldiers
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    At this conference, it was decided that Germany could have certain territories in Czechoslovakia as long as they didn't take anything else even though eventually Hitler got greedy and took a lot of the places he said he wouldn't
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Also known as the night of broken glass
    Nazis went around breaking windows and doors to Jewish businesses and homes during WW2
  • Non-Aggression pact signed

    Non-Aggression pact signed

    This was a treaty between german and Soviet countries in which both countries agreed to have no military actions taken against the other for 10 years
  • German Invasion of Poland/Blitzkrieg

    German Invasion of Poland/Blitzkrieg

    Also known as the September campaign
    Nazi Germany and Communist Soviet Union invaded Poland
  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    330,000 allied troops evacuated from the beaches of Northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
  • Fall of Paris

    Fall of Paris

    Also known as the Battle of France was the German invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands during WW2
  • The blitz

    The blitz

    This was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom during WW2
    Originated from the work Blitzkrieg, a German word for "Lightning war"
  • Selective training pact signed

    Selective training pact signed

    This was a bill signed into law that all men between the ages of 21 and 35 register for the selective service so that if the government needed to they could select men to go to war if there weren't enough
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    Planned by Adolf Hitler
    The code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese soldiers wanted to take out the US naval forces so they bombed Pearl Harbor as a way to do so. The US came back stronger than expected
  • Bataan Death march

    Japanese soldiers forced over 76,000 captured Allied soldiers to march 80 miles or more across the Bataan territory
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    Battle of Midway

    A Naval battle fought mainly by aircraft with the US Navy destroying the Japanese first line of defense almost instantly
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    A battle between Nazi Germany and Communist Soviet Union
    Stalingrad was a huge industrial win for either country that were to beat the other in battle
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    On this day the Allied forces began their invasion of France.
    Biggest Land-Sea battle
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    Battle of the Bulge

    Major land battle in WW2 placed in Europe.
    Considered one of the greatest battles ever fought by United States Military
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    Yalta Conference

    A ww2 meeting where the US, Soviet Union, Germany, France, and United Kingdom met to discuss Postwar and what would happen to Germany and Europe
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    Another island the united states were trying to take over using the island-hopping strategy.
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    Battle of Okinawa

    "Operation iceberg"
    A major battle fought in the Pacific war during WW1
    US was trying to use a new strategy called "Island Hopping" in hopes to get to Japan and defeat their soldiers and win the war
  • Adolf Hitler Commits suicide

    Adolf Hitler Commits suicide

    Hitler decided he would rather be taken dead than alive when they found out the horrible things he was doing to the jews, communists, and other people he discriminated against in his concentration camps
  • VE Day

    VE Day

    Victory in Europe day
    On this day in 1945 Germany officially surrendered to the allied powers which in turn lead to the Allies winning world war 2
  • dropping of atomic bombs

    dropping of atomic bombs

    President Truman dropped the atomic bombs "fat man" and "little boy" on Japan in hopes to end WW1
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day

    Victory over Japan Day
    A huge day in American history. Japanese men who fought in the war were considered brave and honorable for dying at war for their country so when the US got them to surrender it was a huge deal to everybody.

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