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Kristallnacht
The attacks left the streets covered with broken glass from the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues At least 91 Jews were killed in the attacks, and a further 30,000 arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps -
Germany Invades Poland
was an invasion of Poland by Germany The campaign ended on 6 October 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England or Luftschlacht um Großbritannien, literally "Air battle for England" or "Air battle for Great Britain") is 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 failure of Germany to achieve its objectives of destroying Britain's air defences, or forcing Britain to negotiate an armistice or an outright surrender, is considered its fi -
pearl harbor
japan susprise attch to the united states united states entered ww2 -
Battle of Midway
the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet.[8] The Japanese operation, like the earlier attack on Pearl Harbor, sought to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific, thereby giving Japan a free hand in establishing its Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The Japanese hoped that another demoralizing defeat would force the U.S. to capitulate in the Pacific War -
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major and decisive battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the southwestern Soviet Union The German offensive eventually became mired in building-to-building fighting; and despite controlling nearly all of the city at times, the Wehrmacht was unable to dislodge the last Soviet defenders clinging tenaciously to the west bank of the Volga River. -
D-Day
the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. British Lieutenant General Frederick Morgan had been working on an invasion plan called "Operation Overlord" since January 1943 1943."D-Day invasion. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the "Battles for Leyte Gulf The Battle of Leyte Gulf is also notable as the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks -
Iwo Jima
The battle was marked by some of the fiercest fighting of the War The Marine invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was charged with the mission of capturing the airfields on the island which up until that time had harried US bombing missions to Tokyo. Once the bases were secured, they could then be of use in the impending invasion of the Japanese mainland. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945 The role of the bombings in Japan's surrender and their ethical justification are still debated.
