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Holocaust
A genocide in which some six million European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland from ground and air. It is the beginning of World War Two. -
Stalin attacks Finland
Know as the winter war. It was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland. -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
It was one of the most dramatic days in British history. -
Germany attacks France
A six week battle in which Germany defeated France. It was also known as the Fall of France. -
Battle of Britain
A military campaign in WWII when the Royal Air force defended the United Kingdom from the German Air Force. -
Lend-Lease Act
The meeting for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
Hitler takes over the Balkans
Hitler launched the assault in order to secure Germany's Balkan flank for Operation Barbarossa. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A surprise bombing on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. It forced the U.S. to enter the war. -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Hitler failed this attack and stood down because he knew they would lose. -
Japanese Internment Camps
The forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the western interior of the country. These actions were ordered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Midway
A naval battle in the pacific theater of WWII. -
Battle of El Alamein
Was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign in WWII, fought in Egypt between Axis forces -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Guadalcanal Campain
Known as the Battle of Guadalcanal. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
Tehran Conference
Strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill, after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran. -
D-Day
Known as Normandy landings, it was an invasion of normandy -
Yalta Conference
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
MacArther's plan for Japan
He lead the allied occupation for Japan at the end of WWII. -
FDR's Death
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at his Warm Springs, Georgia, retreat at the age of 63. -
Mussolini’s assassination
Mussolini was shot by Walter Audisio. There are many other different theories. -
Hitler’s suicide
Hitler killed himself with a gunshot and his wife killed herself the same day with cyanide. -
Potsdam Conference
Was the last of the WWII meetings. The countries involved were the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. Talks primarily centered on postwar Europe. -
Atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were untouched by the U.S. and Allied bombing until August 6, 1945. When they dropped a uranium atomic bomb on them. -
Formation of the U.N.
It is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. -
Nuremberg Trials
A series of military trials, held by the Allied forces after World War Two. -
Cold War
The Untied States and the Solviet Union were at a rivalry making weapons. -
Marshall Plan
The United States gave over 13 billion in economic support to help Western Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
British and Solviet military forces divided Germany. -
Berlin Wall
A concrete barrier that divided Berlin. -
Cuban missile Crisis
A 13 day political stand off between U.S. and Solviet Union and missile deployment in Cuba.
