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Japan invades China
Japan invades China is also known as the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was a military conflict fought between the China and Japan. Japan fought with some economic help from Germany, the Solviet Union, and the US.(LindsayMitchum) -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust is the mass murder of the Jewish population by the German Nazi regime during 1933- 1945. More than 6 million European Jews, gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz.(LindsayMitchum) -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference is an agreement between Germany and Britain which allowed Germany to extend its territory into parts of Czechoslovakia.(LindsayMitchum) -
Non-Agression Pact
The Non- Agression Pact is also known as Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, Which said the Soviet Union agreed not to defend Poland from the east if Germany attacked it from the west.(LindsayMitchum) -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland is the action by Germany that began World War II in 1939. Germany invaded Poland only a couple of days after signing the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.(LindsayMitchum) -
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Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is the intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.(LindsayMitchum) -
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the first battle to be fought entirely by air force. The main German objective was to increase air superiority over the RAF(Royal Air Force).(LindsayMitchum) -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend- Lease Act was to provide U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II.(LindsayMitchum) -
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Operation Barbossa
Operation Barbarossa was the nickname for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.(LindsayMitchum) -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is an American naval base in South Oahu, Hawaii that was bombed by Japan.(LindsayMitchum) -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March is when the US surrendered the Batanna Peninsula to Japan. The Japanese then forced 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan to march 65-miles to prison camps.(LindsayMitchum) -
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway is when American planes were based on land and on carriers shot down a Japanese fleet of planes on its way to invade the Midway Islands.(LindsayMitchum) -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad is known for being one of the bloodiest battles. It was fought by German and Solviet troops. The battle stopped the German troops from advancing into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. This battle was a Solviet defeat.(LindsayMitchum) -
D-Day
D- day is the code name for the first day of a military attack. D- day is the day of the invasion of western Europe by Allied forces.(LindsayMitchum) -
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German push launched through Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front near the end of World War II.(LindsayMitchum) -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was the major battle when the US Armed Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire.(LindsayMitchum) -
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Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was also known as Operation Iceberg. The battle was fought in Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa. The battle lasted 82 days.(LindsayMitchum) -
V-E Day
V-E Day is also known as Victory in Europe Day. V-e day marked the end of World War II in Europe.(LindsayMitchum) -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing nearly 129,000 people.(LindsayMitchum) -
V-J Day
V-J Day is also known as Victory over Japan day. V-j day is when Japan surrenderd thus ending WWII(LindsayMitchum) -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact is a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria of Central and Eastern Europe in existenc.(LindsayMitchum)