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Japan invades China
Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific. March 11–13, 1938. -
Munich Conference
The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht
the night of broken glass. Nov. 9-10, 1938 -
Beginning of Would War 2
Germany attact Poland. -
The Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945.
Date: 3 September 1939 – 8 May 1945 -
Winter Offensive
The 1939–40 Winter Offensive was one of the major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
November 1, 1939 to Late March 1940 -
Germany invades Norway and Denmark
Germany invades Norway and Denmark -
Battle of France
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries defeating primarily French forces.
10 May – 25 June 1940 -
Japanese invasion of French Indochina
The Japanese Invasion of French Indochina was a move by the Empire of Japan in September 1940, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, to prevent China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina, via the Sino-Vietnamese Railway from the port of Haiphong through Hanoi to Kunming in Yunnan.
22–26 September 1940 -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa, or Case Barbarossa, was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.
22 June – 5 December 1941 -
Siege of Leningrad
The Siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad—historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg—in the Eastern Front theatre.
8 September 1941 – 27 January 1944 -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks the pazific -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign.
4–7 June 1942 -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union.
Date: 23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943 -
The second Battle of Smolensk
The second Battle of Smolensk (7 August–2 October 1943) was a Soviet strategic offensive operation conducted by the Red Army as part of the Summer-Autumn Campaign of 1943. -
The Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied landing on mainland Italy on 3 September 1943, by General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group during the Second World War. -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” -
The Liberation of Paris
The Liberation of Paris (also known as the Battle for Paris) took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the surrender of the occupying German garrison on 25 August. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive (die Ardennenoffensive) launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War II. -
The Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II.
16 April – 2 May 1945 -
End of the war in Europe
marked the formal end of the war in europe. -
The Soviet invasion of Manchuria
The Soviet invasion of Manchuria or, as the Soviets named it, the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation began on August 9, 1945, with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo and was the largest campaign of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War which resumed hostilities between Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan after more than 4 years of peace.
End on August 20, 1945. -
The surrender of the Empire of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of World War II to a close.
