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The Treaty of Versailles is signed in France.
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Started on "Black Tuesday," when the stock market crashed
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
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Military retreat by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Ended in January 1938
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Great Britain appeases Germany, gives them the Sudentenland in Czechslovakia
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"Night of Broken Glass"
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Alliance between Germany and Italy
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The official start of WWII -
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In response to Germany's invasion of Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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6-week battle; France, Belgium, and Luxembourg are taken swiftly by German armed forces. France falls and is occupied by Germany.
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Evacuation of Allied soldiers in Battle of France
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British RAF defends Great Britain against German Luftwaffe attacks.
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Japan signs the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, bringing them into the war. -
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The systemic genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany.
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The Japanese navy makes a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Research undertaking in WWII that produced the first nuclear weapons.
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Both Japan and the Allies used airplanes as a new form of naval warfare. Battle prevented Japanese southward expansion into Australia.
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US naval victory against Japan, major turning point in the Pacific theatre.
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Significant turning point in the war, prevented Germany's expansion in the East.
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Soviet victory, and the end of Operation Barbossa. A turning point in the war.
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Decisive British victory in the North Africa campaign.
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Allied invasion of French North Africa
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Allied invasion of Normandy, largest seaborne invasion in history.
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Last-ditch effort by the Germans.
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Some of the bloodiest fighting of WWII
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Largest landing in the Pacific theatre of WWII, resulted in the largest casualties.
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Proclamation that called for the unconditional surrender of Japan, or mass destruction.
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Formal surrender signed by the emperor, but Japan's surrender was announced August 15th. Brings an end to WWII