WW2

  • Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

    Sep 18, 1931 – Feb 27, 1932 when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. At war’s end in February of 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo
  • Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Jan 30, 1933 electoral victories by the Nazi Party ruled absolutely until his death
  • Nanking massacre/Rape of Nanking

    Nanking massacre/Rape of Nanking

    December 13, 1937 an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, at that time the capital of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    September 30, 1938 The Munich Agreement was an agreement concluded at Munich The countries that were there were Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Nov 9, 1938 – Nov 10, 1938 Called the Kristallnacht, Night of Broken Glass, and the November Pogrom a pogrom against Jews carried out by SA paramilitary forces and civilians throughout Nazi Germany on The German authorities looked on without intervening
  • Non-Aggression Pact is signed

    Non-Aggression Pact is signed

    August 23, 1939 enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years
  • Germany's Invasion of Poland / Blitzkrieg

    Germany's Invasion of Poland / Blitzkrieg

    Sep 1, 1939 - Out 6, 1939 •Also known as the September campaign Attack on the Second Polish Republic by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union marked the beginning of WWll
  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    May 1940 Germany advance into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk troops slowly evacuated from the beach using every haval & Civilian vessel that could be found
  • Fall of Paris

    Fall of Paris

    May 10, 1940 - June 25, 1940 Also known as the Battle of France German Invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands during WWII.
  • Selective training and service Act is passed

    Selective training and service Act is passed

    September 6, 1940, September 16, 1940 required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 register with local draft boards
  • The Blitz

    The Blitz

    Sep 7, 1940 – May 11, 1941 a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom The term was first used by the British press and originated from the term "Blitzkrieg", the German word for 'lightning war
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    Jun 22, 1941 – Dec 5, 1941 the Soviet Union was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and some of its Axis allies
  • Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    December 7, 1941 The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

    February 19, 1942 - March 26, 1942 a major battle in which the U.S. Marine Corps and the Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the imperial Jap. Army during WWII
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    April 9, 1942 - April 17, 1942 was a forcible transfer by the Jap. Army (60,000-80,000) Prisoners of War were loaded onto trans
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    June 4, 1942 - June 7, 1942 Major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WWll took place le month's after Jap. attack on pearl harbor and 1 month after the Battle of the Coral Sea
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    Aug. 23, 1942-Feb 2, 1948 In this battle, Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the City of Stalingrad in Southern Russia
  • D-DAY

    D-DAY

    June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    Dec 16, 1944 - Jan 25, 1945 major German offensive campaign on Western Front during WWII Intended to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to Split the Allied lines
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Feb 4, 1945 – Feb 11, 1945 the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe
  • Battle of okinawa

    Battle of okinawa

    April 1, 1945 - June 22, 1945 a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the U.S Army + Marine Corps against the Imperial Jap. Army
  • Adolf hitler Commits suicide

    Adolf hitler Commits suicide

    Commited suicide by gun snot on in his Fuhrerbunker in Berlin April 30,1945 Swallowed a cyanide capsule before shooting himself Soon After this, Germany surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler's dreams of a 1,000 year
  • VE day

    VE day

    May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces
  • Dropping Atomic Bombs

    Dropping Atomic Bombs

    Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945 The U.S. detonated two nuclear weapons over Jap. Cities Killed between 129,000 -226,000 people
  • VJ day

    VJ day

    August 15, 1945 Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II in effect bringing the war to an end

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