World War 2

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Chancellor

    In 1933, President Paul Von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, as chancellor of Germany.
  • Axis Powers

    Axis Powers

    The Axis Powers were the coalition led by Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II. They went against the Allied Powers, consisting mainly of Great Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China
  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement

    It was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's invasion of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers
  • Germany annexes Austria

    Germany annexes Austria

    German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich
  • Germany breaks the Munich Agreement

    Germany breaks the Munich Agreement

    Adolf Hitler broke the Munich treaty by illegally occupying all of Czechoslovakia.
  • Dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence

    Dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence

    Division over which a state or organization has a better cultural, economic, military, or political exclusivity, accommodating to the interests of powers outside the borders of the state that controls it.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.
  • Britain and France declare war on Germany.

    Britain and France declare war on Germany.

    Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago.
  • Phony War

    Phony War

    This was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    This wass a program against Jews throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November Estimates of the number of fatalities caused by the pogrom have varied
  • Fall of France

    Fall of France

    This was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries in 1940 during WW2
  • Operation Sea Lion

    Operation Sea Lion

    This was Nazi Germany's code name for a provisionally proposed invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain
  • Battle of Britain Begins

    Battle of Britain Begins

    The German army begins the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, this will last three and a half months
  • Operation Sea Lion called off/End of Battle of Britain

    Operation Sea Lion called off/End of Battle of Britain

    During the war as the Germans lost the Battle of Britain and it is now believed that Hitler was more interested in the forthcoming attack on Russia as opposed to invading Britain.
  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference

    A meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and SS leaders, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee