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World War II
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Rome-Berlin Axis Pact
The Axis powers ruled empires that dominated large parts of Europe, Africa, East & Southeast Asia but the war ended with total defeat. -
Anti-Comiterm
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the The Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the International COmmunist Movement. -
Sudetenland Medal
The medal was awarded to all German State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht & SS who marched into Sudetenland, which later on was awarded to military personnel participating in the occupation of the remnants of Czechoslovakia. -
Munich Agreement
It allowed the Nazi German ro take Czechoslovakia's. The agreement was held at a conference in Munich, Germany. -
Nazi & Soviet Union Pact
Nazi Germany and Soviet Union signed a 10 year non-aggression pact which promised not to attack each other. -
Germany invades Poland
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war-what would become the "Blitzkrieg" strategy. -
Britain & France declare war on germany
In response to HItler's invasion of Poland, Britain & France both declare war on germany the first casualty of it was not German but the British ocean liner Athenia which was sunk by a German submarine where people died and as of Britains response it was dropping propaganda leaflets over Germany. -
Soviet Union invades Poland
Soviet Foreign Minister declares that the Polish government has ceased to exist.Hitler’s troops were already wreaking havoc in Poland, having invaded on the first of the month.As Soviet troops broke into Poland, they unexpectedly met up with German troops who had fought their way that far east in a little more than two weeks. The Germans receded when confronted by the Soviets, handing over their Polish prisoners of war. Thousands of Polish troops were taken into captivity. -
Germany invades Norway & Denmark
German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities. -
France signs armistice with Germany
The armistice was signed by the top military officials of Nazi Germany & Gerneral Charles HUntziger for the French side -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe which was commanded by Hermaan Göring & the British Royal Air force that was headed by Sir Hugh Dowding’s Fighter Command. Raged over Britain between July and October 1940. The battle, which was the first major military campaign in history to be fought entirely in the air, was the result of a German plan to win air superiority over Southern Britain and the English Channel by destroying the British air force and aircraft industry. -
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf 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. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt as -
Britain & US declare war on Japan
On this day, as America’s Pacific fleet lay in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt requests, and receives, a declaration of war against Japan.