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Germany takes over Poland in little over a week using their new military tactic, Blitzkrieg.
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After months of deciding, Germany invaded western Europe and bombed France's air bases. Which made it easier to captured France in force.
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After the air bombardment of London by the German Air Force, the Royal Air Force retaliated and finally gave Hitler his first setback of WW2.
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America gave old boats and supplies to allied forces in exchange for military bases. Essentially did it because we wanted to be apart of the war without being in it.
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Another name for the operation of an Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor ships and airbases so stagger America from retaliation to the island their taking.
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After attack on Pearl Harbor America declares war against Germany and Japan. Fastest decision ever made in congress.
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A transfer by the Japanese of over 60,000 prisoners of war from Saysain Point to Bataan.
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Turning point in the battle against Japan, American naval ships won over the Japanese forces with only one ship destroyed so they still had 4 remaining ships to push on. Also it halted the take over of the pacific by the Japanese.
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Turning point in the war in in Eastern Europe. In which the Russians successfully defended the City of Stalingrad (after almost being defeated).
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An uprising in which a Jewish resistance "fought back" against the Nazis in the city of Warsaw
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The gathered allied attack of Normandy, France, which struck the match for the start of Frances liberation.
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In the final stages of the war American troops finally started clearing out and capturing German concentration camps.
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A major German attack on the western front in Luxembourg, Germany
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A major battle in which American forces invaded and captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima
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In order to avoid severe casualties from an invasion of Japan, America dropped two nuclear bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war with Japan quickly.
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