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Japan invades Manchuria.
Japan invades and occupies Manchuria -
invasion of italy
Rome affirmed its 1928 treaty of friendship with Ethiopia. -
Fascist Italy invades Ethiopia.
the Italians fought against poorly-armed Ethiopian troops in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital -
Germany invades Poland
After Germany invaded Poland, France and Britain declared war on Germany to no avail. Poland fell and WWII began. -
Bombing of hamburg
. Both the U.S. and British air forces made many bombing raids on Hamburg, Germany. -
occupation of france
Hermann Göring took over the Palais as the headquarters of the Luftwaffe in France, taking for himself a sumptuous suite of rooms to accommodate his visits to the French capital. -
miracle at dunkirk
the troops were desperately needed back on the home shores to help defend against a Nazi invasion. They were rescued from the harbour and beaches near to Dunkirk by a curious assembly of many different types of craft. -
France falls dunkirk
Winston Churchill ordered the implementation of Operation Dynamo, a plan to evacuate of troops and equipment from Dunkirk. -
operation sea loin
was Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom during World War II, -
operation barbarossa
Nazi Germany's invasion of Russia.It was the largest attack of WWII. -
pearl habor
The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the US in WWII. Before the attack the US had vowed to remain silent. -
manhattan project
code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War I -
battle of lenigrad
On 19 February 1942 mainland Australia came under attack for the first time when Japanese forces mounted two air raids on Darwin -
battle of el alamein
The Battle of El Alamein was fought in North Africa. The Allied victory lead to the retreat of the Afrika Korps & German surrender -
battle of stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad is considered by many historians to have been the turning point in World War Two in Europe. -
operation torch
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II. -
battle of bugle
it was the last major Nazi offensive against the Allies in WWII -
D-Day
when Allied forces landed in Normandy, FR. The largest amphibious invasion operation in world history, over 160k troops landed in a single day and 195,700 Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships were also involved. -
operation market garden
Thirty thousand British and American airborne troops were flown behind enemy lines and.... -
V-E DAY
the date when the World War II ended.
