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Non-Agression Pact
A National treaty between two or more states/ countires agreeing two avoid war or armed conflicts between them and resolve their disputes through peaceful negotion. In this case Germany and Russia signed a Non-Agression pact which stated that they would not invade one another and this was a reason for World War II started. -
Japan Invades China
The japanese invasion of manchria was when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the mukden incident. The japanese established a puppet state called Manchuckuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
Munich Confrence
A settlement permiting Nazi Germany's Annexation of portions of czechoslovakia along the country's border mainly inhabited by german speakers, for a which a new territorial designation called "sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was negotiated at a confrence held in Munich with Germany and the rest of the major powers in Europe. -
Germany Invades Poland
Known as the september campaign, 1939 defensive war, and the Poland Campaign was an invasion of poland by Germany, the soviet union, and a small slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. The German invasion began on september 1st,1939 and the Russian invasion commenced on september 17th, 1939. -
Battle of Britain
The name given to the second world war air campaign waged by the german air force (luftwaffe) against the united kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a genocide in which approximately six million jews were killed by the Nazi Regime, under the command of Adolf Hitler and its collaborators. Killings took place all throughout Nazi Germany and German Occupied territories. Jews, catholics, and other races Adolf Hitler despised were sent to concentration camps and were torchered or killed there. -
Lend-Lease Act
A program under which the United States supplied Great Britain, Free France, the republic of China and later the USSR and other allied nations with material between 1941 and August 1945. It was signed into law on March 11,1941, a year and a half after the outbreak World War II in Europe in September 1939 and nine months before the U.S. entered the war in December 1941. -
Blitzkrieg
Also known as German lightning warfare, is an anglicised term describing a method of warfare whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, and heavily backed up by close air support, This forces a breakthrough into the enemy's line of defense through a series of short, fast, powerful attacks. Once in the enemy's territory, it proceeds to dislocate them using speed and surprise, and lastly encircles them. -
Operation Barbarossa
This was the codename for Germany's invasion of the soviet union during World War II. Over the course of the operation, about four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 kilometer front which was the largest invasion in the history of warfare. In addition to troops, Barbarossa initially used 600,000 motor vehicles and 625,000 horses. -
Pearl Harbor
A lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii which is west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II. -
Wannsee Conference
This was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on January 20,1942. This meeting was held to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the final solution to the Jewish question, whereby most of the Jews of German occupied Europe would be deported to Poland and murdered. -
Bataan Death March
This event began on April 9, 1942 and was the forcible transfer of the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. All told, approximately 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination at Camp O'Donnell -
Battle of Midway
One of the most important naval battles of World War II. Between June 4th and 7th, 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.The Japanese plan was to lure the United States aircraft carriers into a trap. The Japanese also intended to occupy Midway as part of an overall plan to extend their defensive perimeter in response to the Doolittle air raid on Tokyo. This operation was also considered preparatory for further attacks against Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii itself. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was a major battle of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control over the city of Stalingrad in the south western Soviet Union. Marked by constant close quarters combat and disregard for military and civilian casualties, it is amongst the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. The heavy losses inflicted in the city make it arguably the most strategically decisive battle of the World War II. -
D-Day
This was the landing operations on June 6, 1944 also known as D-Day. The Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II took place on Normandy, France. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the invasion of German occupied western Europe, led to the restoration of the French Republic, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war. -
Battle of Bulge
A major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. Hitler planned the offensive attack with the primary goal to recapture the important harbour of Antwerp. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. United States forces were completely unaware of the attack and incurred the highest casualties for any operation during the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including its three airfields to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands.This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest assault in the Pacific War during World War II. The 82 day battle lasted from early April until mid June of1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 miles away from Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland. -
V-E Day
This is simply known as V Day and this day was the public holiday celebrated on May 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. This finally marked the end of World War II in Europe which was great news for the allies and this marked an outstanding victory for the allies as well. -
The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombings took place in Japan and were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in August 1945. The two bombings were the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare. By August 1945, the Manhattan Project had successfully detonated an atomic device and subsequently produced atomic weapons based on two alternate designs. -
V-J Day
This was also known as victory in the pacific day. This was a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II, and the anniversaries of that event are celebrated throughout history. The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan’s surrender was made which meant that the United States gained a victory over the war in the pacfic. -
Warsaw pact
Known as the treaty of friendship was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact was in part a Soviet military reaction to the joining of West Germany into NATO in 1955, It was primarily motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe which was meant to maintain peace in Europe through the guidlines and regulations of the United Nations.
