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The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war.
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The Sudeten Germans made increasingly bold demands from the government. When the demands could not be met they insisted that they were being persecuted.
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Anschluss refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany
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The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy.
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Officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany.
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The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force.
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The Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.
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The Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II.
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The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Operation Barbarossa was the codename for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.
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The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued during World War II.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory.
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The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre.
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The Casablanca Conference was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco.
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Was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill.
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The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France.
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The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
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Was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization.
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was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
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The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Germany officially surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict in World War II.
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the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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During the final stage of World War II, the United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.
