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Rhineland
German Army troops cross a bridge over the Rhine River and enter the Rhineland - for the first time since the end of World War I. -
The Kingsley Dam
Construction of the Tri-County Project began on March 13, 1936. Kingsley Dam was completed in 1941. -
Adolf Hitler meets British Prime Minister
Adolf Hitler meets with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and states his demand that Czechoslovakia yield the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia with a large German population, to Nazi Germany. -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
On August 23, 1939, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II; the Soviet Union was awarded land, including parts of Poland and the Baltic States. -
W.H. Auden
A poem by W. H. Auden is written on the occasion of the outbreak of World War II. It was first published in The New Republic issue of 18 October 1939, and was first published in book form in Auden's collection Another Time. -
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Allied and Axis Powers
Allied Powers - Britain, US, France and the Soviet Union Axis Powers - Germany, Japan, Italy -
German-Soviet Treay of Friendship
The German–Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation was a treaty signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on September 28, 1939 after their joint invasion and occupation of Poland. -
Germany-France Armistice
On June 22, 1940, Germany and France signed an armistice in the forest of Compiègne. The treaty provided that hostilities between the two nations would end six hours after the signing of an armistice treaty between France and Italy, Germany’s axis partner. -
Hitler goes Western Offensive
On this day in 1940, Hitler begins his Western offensive with the radio code word "Danzig," sending his forces into Holland and Belgium. On this same day, having lost the support of the Labour Party, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns; Winston Churchill accedes to the office, becoming defense minister as well. -
Germany invades Russia
On this day in 1941, over 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history. Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces pour across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of
December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Casualties
