World War II

  • Hitler's control

    Hitler's control
    Hitler controlled the country through a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state that controlled nearly all aspects of life via the Gleichschaltung legal process.
  • The anschluss

    The anschluss
    to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938
  • Invasion of poland

    Invasion of poland
    Germany as the Poland Campaign was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War II.
  • WWII

    WWII
    World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
  • Neutrality Act of 1939

    Neutrality Act of 1939
    It lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports.
  • Fall of France

    Fall of France
    The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    A military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force.
  • The Holocaust

    The Holocaust
    The killing of Jews and one specific type of race. It was a stance during WWII from Hitler trying to make people fear him and his Nazi army!
  • Japaneses aggression/ Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japaneses aggression/ Attack on Pearl Harbor
    was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
  • Event 1 attack of pearl harbor

    Event 1 attack of pearl harbor
    crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes
  • 2 event on attack of pearl harbor

    2 event on attack of pearl harbor
    America official declares war on Japan
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March
    Transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war.
  • Battle of Midway Island

    Battle of Midway Island
    Was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named the Argonaut Conference, held from 4 to 11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting
  • V-e-Day

    V-e-Day
    was celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
  • Atomic bomb on Hiroshima

    Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
    The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement.
  • Atomic bomb on Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb on Nagasaki
    The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement.