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The 1938 Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany to annex Czechoslovakia's border region, the sudentenland, signed on September 3 0by Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France. Aimed at avoiding was through appeasement, Britain and France forced Czechoslovakia to comply, leaving it defenseless. -
After war was declared in September 1939, eight months passed before any major fighting occurred in France. This period of inactivity was known as the 'Phoney war' in Britain and the Sitzkreig ('Sitting War') in Germany. The British Air Forces in France consisted of two separate formations. -
Between 26 May and 4 June 1940, the Dunkirk evacuation (Codenamed Operation Dynamo) saved the Allied cause from total collapse during the Second World War. Known as the "Miracle of Dunkirk," it saw over 338,000 Allied soldiers rescued from the beaches and harbour of northern France after being surrounded by German forces during the Battle of Fance. -
Pearl Harbour, located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, is most famous for the surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy. This "day which will live in infamy" precipitated the United States' entry into World War II. Today, it serves as the Pearl Harbour National Memorial, attracting millions of visitors annually to honour those who served and died. -
The battle of Midway (4-7 June 1942) was a pivotal naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII, occurring six months after the attack on Pearl Harbour. Widely considered the "turning point" of the war in the Pacific, it saw the United States Navy decisively defeat a attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), halting Japanese expansion and shifting the strategic initiative of the Allies. -
The Battle of Stalingrad (17 July 1942- 2 February 1943) was a brutal, six months conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that is widely considered the most significant turning point of WWII in Europe. It was the first major defeat for the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, shattering the myth of Nazi invincibility. -
The Battle of El Alamein was a series of pivotal WWII encounters in North Africa that halted the Axis advance into Egyptian desert, it is widely considered the "turning point" of the campaign, famously described by Winston Churchill as the "the end of the beginning. -
The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major WII campaign that began on the night of 9-wo July 1943 and ended on 17 August 1943. It was the largest amphibious operation of the war until the Normandy landings 1 months later. -
In 1943, the unconditional surrender of Italy to the Allies was publicly announced, marking a major turning point in WWII. This event effectively ended Italy's formal role as a lead Axis power and triggered a brutal German occupation of the peninsula. -
On 6 June 1944, the Allies forces launched Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious invasion in history, on the beaches of Normandy, France. This monumental operation, popularly known as D-Day, marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation. -
Paris was officially liberated from Nazi occupation, when the German garrison commander surrendered the city to the Free French forces and the French. -
The Battle of Bulge (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945) was a Nazi Germany's final major counteroffensive on the Western Front during WWII. Launched through the frozen, dense Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg, the surprise attack aimed to spilt Allied forces and capture the vital port of Antwerp. -
In 1945, during the final stages of WWII, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Historical events involving Russia and Japan are frequently referenced due to their lack of a formal peace treaty since WWII. As of February 2026, Russia has not declared a new was on Japan, though diplomatic tensions are at their highest in decades. -
In 1945, at 11:02 am local time, the United States dropped the second atomic bomb ever used in warfare on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.