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The Holocaust
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Japan invades China
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a state and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
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Munich Conference
Was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexing Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers. -
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Non-Aggression Pact
Is a national treaty between two or more states/countries agreeing to avoid war or armed conflict between them and resolve their disputes through peaceful negotiations. -
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Germany Invades Poland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. They declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. -
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Blitzkrieg
This was Germanys war tatic during world war ll. Lightening Warfare was what this means. -
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Battle of Britain
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Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a military attack by japan on the united States naval base on the morning of December 7th 1941. This attack led to the US entry of world war ll. -
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Bataan Death March
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Battle of Midway
This was one of the most important naval battles of World War ll. The Japanese operation, like the earlier attack on Pearl Harbor, sought to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad was a battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. It was known as the bloodiest battle of warfare. Adolf Hitler ordered the army stay in Stalingrad and make no attempt to break out. -
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D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
It was a german campaign that went through Belgium France and Luxembourg toward the end of World War II in Europe. Hitlers goal was to recapture the harbour of Antwerp. -
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Wannsee Conference
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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V-E Day
On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. About 1 million Germans attempted a mass exodus to the West when the fighting in Czechoslovakia ended. -
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Battle of Okinawa
It was an 82 day battle. After the allies were island hopping they approached Japan and planned to use Okinawa as a base of air operation. -
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V-J Day
This was the day Japan surrendered.The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe. -
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The Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
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Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. The Soviet Union had the right to define socialism and communism and the act of leaders of the global socialist movement.The invasion launched by Hitler had been exceptionally brutal and the USSR emerged from the Second World War in 1945. -
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Lend-Lease Act
American lend their weapons to the allied countries but they had to give them back. they did not give them to the soldiers.