World War II

  • The Invasion of China

    The Invasion of China
    It stated because of the expansion of the Japanese culture, it was divided in three phases, the rapid advance of the Japanese, technology advances and the attack of China and Japan, this turned into a war, which was called the Second Sino-Japanese War, one of the events that lead to World War II (https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Sino-Japanese-War Britanica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    See Article History, "The Sino-Japanese war)
  • German troops occupy the Sudetenland

     German troops occupy the Sudetenland
    Germany takes Sudetenland, because of the Munich pact that was signed which gave Germany the privilege to Germany, as a sign of peace. Germany abused of the resources of the Czech nation, and without the resources they were left, vulnerable, to the totalitarian control of the Germans (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-take-czechoslovakia)
  • Hitler institutes the Mother’s Cross

    Hitler institutes the Mother’s Cross
    "Adolf Hitler institutes the Mother’s Cross, to encourage German women to have more children, to be awarded each year on August 12, Hitler’s mother’s birthday." (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-institutes-the-mothers-cross )
  • The Spanish Civil War ends

    The Spanish Civil War ends
    General Francisco Franco, broadcasted this words "“Today, after having disarmed and captured the Red Army, the Nationalist troops have secured their final military objective. The war is ended. Burgos, April 1,1939. (http://www.onthisdeity.com/1st-april-1939-%E2%80%93-the-end-of-the-spanish-civil-war/) communicating to the Spanish people that after 3 years, the War was over with his victory ( (http://www.onthisdeity.com/1st-april-1939-%E2%80%93-the-end-of-the-spanish-civil-war/)
  • Nazis invade Poland

    Nazis invade Poland
    When the Nazis invade Poland, other European countries were not in agreement with Germany. Germany try yo defended themselves saying that, this invasion was a defense attack but, Britain and France does not believe this and declare war on Germany, which was the definite beginning of World War II (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland)
  • Canada declares was on Germans

    Canada declares was on Germans
    When Britain declares was on Germany many may think that Canada was directly involve, but it was after a couple months that Canada declares war on Germany. Canada was not ready for a war of this magnitude, but it had a good beginning against the Germans. (https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1931goes_to_e.shtml )
  • German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

    German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
    This pact, was concluded just a couple days before the start of World War II. "The Soviet Union had been unable to reach a collective-security agreement with Britain and France against Nazi Germany. (WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    See Article History, https://www.britannica.com/event/German-Soviet-Nonaggression-Pact)
  • Germans enter Paris

    Germans enter Paris
    France was a German enemy, when Germany enters Paris, the country did not show any resistance. Germany goes into Paris "from the north-east and north-west and shortly afterwards tanks rumbled past the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs Elysees to the Place de la Concorde." (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/14/newsid_4485000/4485727.stm)
  • Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munich

    Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munich
    Italy and Germany were allies. Mussolini decided to meet with Hitler in Munich for them to talk about the control Germany had in France, Mussolini asked Hitler to have a roll in the totalitarian control of France, and to take advantage of the benefit of the alliance with Germany (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-and-mussolini-meet-in-munich)
  • Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australia

    Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australia
    After defeating the Italians, the British took control over Tobruk "But the Germans attempted to win it back by reinforcing Italian troops with the Afrika Korps of Erwin Rommel" (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-surrender-at-tobruk-libya)
  • Germany Attacks the Soviet Union as operation Barbarossa begins

    Germany Attacks the Soviet Union as operation Barbarossa begins
    "Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory" (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa)
  • Hitler declares war on the US

    Hitler declares war on the US
    Hitler knew that Japan had once defeated the United States and felt like they were an even stronger force at the time. The war with America had caused the US to have setbacks with the war on the Soviet Union. Hitler thought this would be an advantage to Germany, but they were not ready for Russia and its prolonged winter. (
    http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/sturgeon-catch-1942-the-siege-of-sevastopol/ )
  • Germans takes Sevastopol

    Germans takes Sevastopol
    "the city had a strategic value to the Germans in their drive south-east to the oil fields. The successful taking of the city would also compensate for the failure of the Wehrmacht to take Moscow and Leningrad" ( https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/world-war-two-and-eastern-europe/1942-siege-of-sebastopol/ )
  • Battle Stalingard begins

    Battle Stalingard begins
    This attack was aimed toward the weak Armenian and Romanian. These forces were prepared more than Germany had anticipated. Hitler wouldn’t accept defeat so he resupplied even after blatantly losing the first battle. His stubbornness lost him ammunition and food as well as many soldiers. They eventually ran out of supplies and were forced to remember. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad )
  • First bombing raid by Americans on Germany

    First bombing raid by Americans on Germany
    Americans had 54 planes reach their target site. Taking down 22 German planes while only 3 in the process. The first bombing was a huge success in its first test taking out big warehouses. This was their first form of retaliation against the Germans. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-bomb-germans-for-first-time )
  • Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalling meet at Tehran

    Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalling meet at Tehran
    the "Three Bigs" as they are call in current times, meet in Tehran to find ways to defeat the Nazis. They choose this place because, it was a center of importation and exportation world wide recognized. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-attends-tehran-conference)
  • Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea

    Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea
    "The Crimean Offensive was a series of Red Army attacks directed against the German-held province of Crimea in southern Ukraine. German Army Group A was composed of German and Romanian soldiers." (https://en.historylapse.org/crimean-offensive )
  • the us drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    the us drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    Hiroshima was initiatlly bomb, then was Nagasaki. This bomb, killed many people, and later, Japan would take action over the attack of the US. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki )
  • VJ-Day

    VJ-Day
    it was the end of World War II, when Japans surrender to the allies that were with the country and against the country