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Invasion of Manchuria
Japan had to hunt for new resources due to the Industrial Revolution. This led to the Invasion of Manchuria. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933. He promised to help the economy of Germany and he also promised to build up the Germany Military. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia, one of the only independent nations in Africa. Italy officially adds Ethiopia to the "Italian Empire" in 1936. Despite pleas from Ethiopia, the League of Nations did little to stop Mussolini's invasion. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was where the Munich Agreement concluded by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdoms, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy. The agreement permitted Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland. -
Kristallnacht
"The night of Broken Glass" -Jews started to be interned in the camps just because of their ethnicity. It was against all jews carried out throughout Nazi Germany. -
Non-Aggression Pact
A non-aggression pact is a treaty between countries which means that all participating countries promise to not engage in military action against each other. This pact eliminated danger of a soviet invasion from the east. -
Invasion of Poland
Blitzkrieg was used against Poland. It was fast and it was an air and land attack. After Germany invaded Poland. France and Britain declared war on Germany. -
Invasion of France
The French military leaders assumed that the Maginot Line would stop on invasion. This led to the fall of France. Dunkirk in May 1940, Germans surrounded British and French soldiers near Dunkirk, France. The Allies lost the Battle. -
Battle Of Britain
Hitler ordered bomb raids on Great Britain, this increased intensity. Winston Churchill refused peace settlements. German Air Force (Luftwaffe) attacked Britain nightly. Germans starved them into surrendering. -
Stalingrad
Hitler changed his mind about giving parts of Europe to the Soviet Union. Germany invaded USSR on June 22, 1941. The "Scorched-Earth" policy hurt Germans. Stalin wanted city held at all costs. After 6 months soviets defeat Germans. -
Pearl Harbor
"a day that will live in infamy" The Japanese attack US naval fleet in Hawaii. Eight Battleships and more than 300 planes destroyed. 2403 american causalities, as well. The next day, Congress declares war on Japan. -
Battle of Midway
After Pearl Harbor, the US fought back. The US used the policy of "island hopping" and defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Midway. -
Normandy Invasion
This day is also known as "operation overload" On June 6, 1944, Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on 5 beaches along a 50 mile stretch. This resulted in the Allied Liberation. -
Battle of the Bulge
The last German push occurred in the Winter of 1944, in the battle. The Allies suffered high casualties, but turned the Germany army away. Germany was never able to mount a large-scale challenge again. -
Yalta Conference
THis conference consisted of the "Big Three" This includes Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. This meeting was to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe -
IWO Jima and Okinawa
More than 60,000 soldiers and US marines of the US tenth Army stormed ashore at Okinawa- the final island battle before anticipated invasion of mainland Japan. -
V-E Day
A rush towards Berlin occurred in the spring of 1945, with the Germans fading fast. On 1945, the americans and soviets met in the German capital of Berlin. Hitler committed suicide in the secret in his secret bunker 2 before on April 30. Victory was in Europe. -
Atomic Bombings of Japan
Harry Truman said that he wanted to drop the bombs to end the war. The US dropped bombs on two Japanese cities. -Hiroshima (Aug 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9). -
V-J Day
The Allies decided that Germany would be divided and occupied by Allied troops. Truman faced a long and costly battle to take the Japanese mainland. So, he decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to force them to surrender.
