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The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.
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Hitllers Nazi party became the largest elected party in german reichstag leading to his appointment as chancellor.
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The agreement was signed in the early hours of 30 September 1938 (but dated 29 September).
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also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War
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The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on Arpil 9 1940 and ended on May 8 1945
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Also known as the fall of france , it was a succesful invasion of france and the lower countries
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The early stages of the Second World War saw successful German invasions on the continent supported by Luftwaffe air power able to establish tactical air superiority
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it was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia
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only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea
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Adolf Hitler had always regarded the German-Soviet nonaggression pact, signed on August 23, 1939, as a temporary tactical maneuver.
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was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
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The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes
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on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan
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The Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the Soviet troops
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The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk
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D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies was originally set for June 5, 1944, but bad weather and heavy seas caused Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower to delay until June 6 and that date has been popularly referred to ever since by the short title "D-Day
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was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War. It was the largest airborne operation up to that time
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a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium
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a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire
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approximately 1 million German soldiers lay down their arms as the terms of the German unconditional surrender, signed at Caserta on April 29, come into effect
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Germany's surrender, therefore, was authorized by his successor, Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz. The administration headed by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg government
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The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare
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japan surrendered unconditionally to our allies effectivly ending WWII
