WW2

  • Appeasement

    Appeasement

    The foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved nation through negotiation in order to prevent war.
  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria

    When the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria following the Mukden Incident. After the war, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo. Which led to the invasion of China.
  • Night of the Long Knives

    Night of the Long Knives

    It was a purge by Hitler to kill most of the Nazi leaders in fear that they became too powerful.
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia

    Mussolini invaded Ethiopia because he wanted to be on the same level as Hitler and the Germans. Mussolini wanted prestige for Italy.
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss

    The annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    The Nazi Party in Germany burned down synagogues and vandalized homes of Jewish people. A lot of people were sent to concentration camps.
  • Non Aggression Pact

    Non Aggression Pact

    It is a neutrality act between two or more countries to not engage in any fighting or militarism.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    The invasion of Poland was the start of World War 2.
  • France surrenders to Germany

    France surrenders to Germany

    Six weeks after the Nazis launched an invasion for France. The French surrender leaving the Germans to have all of France.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    The Royal Air Force defends Great Britain from large scale military attacks from Germany.
  • Final Solution

    Final Solution

    The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945.
  • Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

    In a surprise attack, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor leaving the United States with there Navy completely destroyed.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    It was a naval battle 6 months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    Germany turned its back on the Soviet Union to try and gain control of Stalingrad.
  • D-day

    D-day

    Battle of Normandy, when Allied forces invade the coast of northern France against the Germans.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    Also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War 2.
  • Liberation of Auschwitz

    Liberation of Auschwitz

    The Soviet army marched in and freed over 7,000 prisoners from the camp.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    The Victory in Europe Day which is when German surrenders to the allied powers.
  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    The bombing was a retaliation from the Pearl Harbor bombing.
  • V-J Day

    V-J Day

    Is when Japan surrenders to the United States.