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The Start of World War II
World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill is made the Prime Minister of Great Britian -
France and Germany
France signs an armistice with Germany. -
Germany
German troops enter Romania -
Rudolf Hoss
Hitler gives orders for the expansion of Auschwitz prison camp, to be run by Commandant Rudolf Hoss. -
Operation Barbarossa
The Germans invaded the Soviet Union, because they where not prepared for the winter they had to go back and lost the war. -
British Victory
The British win the Battle of Palmyra against the French in the middle east. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 4] was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. -
Eastern Sea Frontier
The Eastern Sea Frontier, desperately short on suitable escort vessels after the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, institutes an interim arrangement known as the "Bucket Brigaid". -
Battle of Midway
During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy. -
Guadacanal Campaign
The Guadacanal Campaign is a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Bulge an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. The Battle of the Bulge, so-called because the Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II. -
Normandy Landings
Normandy Landings were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies. -
Bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
