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the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews.
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on 1 September 1939 the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish garrison of the Westerplatte Fort, Danzig (modern-day Gdansk), in what was to become the first military engagement of World War Two.
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Series of intense raids directed against Britain by the German air force in World War II.
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Just before 8 on the morning of December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.
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After the failure of Operation Barbarossa to win a decisive victory, Adolf Hitler decided to launch a new offensive in July 1942. General Friedrich Paulus, the commander of the 6th Army, was ordered to capture Stalingrad, a city that controlled the rail and waterway communications of southern Russia.
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The Battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific.
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June 1944 was a major turning point of World War II, particularly in Europe.
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In late 1944, after extensive debate, Allied leaders elected to begin operations to liberate the Philippines.
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Iwo Jima is a small speck in the Pacific; it is 4.5 miles long and at its broadest point 2.5 miles wide.
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the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan.
