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The act allowed for arms trade with belligerent nations (Britain and France) on a cash-and-carry basis.
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Formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy's foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries.
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In case of an attack by the Soviet Union against Germany or Japan, the two countries agreed to consult on what measures to take "to safeguard their common interests".
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German Troops march into Austria to annex their nation for the Third Reich.
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Was a long seris of negotiations between Hitler, Czechoslovakia, and the Prime Minister of Britain Neville Chamberlain.
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Hitler invades and occupies Czechoslovakia. This was a vain attempt to prevent Germany's imperial aims.
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The Italian invasion of Albania was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom. The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
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A nonaggression pact between Germany and Soviet Union that divided eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence a couple days before the start of WWII.
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German forces plunder Poland in the air and on the land to regain lost territory and to take over Poland.
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The Red Army invades Finland with 465,000 men and 1,000 aircarft.
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Germany invaded Denmark and Norway against a planned, and openly discussed, franco-British occupation of Norway.
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He replaces Neville Chamberlain as the British prime minister.
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Hitler begins his Western offensive with the radio code word “Danzig,” Which sent forces into Holland and Belgium. On the Same day Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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The evacuation of British Expeditionary Forces and other Allied troops from French seaport of Dunkirk. Naval vessels and hundreds of Civilian boats were used. 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops were saved.
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Germany and its Allies, Mussolini declare war on France and Great Britian.
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The Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against the German Air Force
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German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, Libya, with the newly formed Afrika Korps, to reinforce the beleaguered Italians’ position.
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Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II.
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The Atlantic Charter was a joint declarations. This provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims. Signed by Roosevelt and Churchill.
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Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The bombing killed around 2,300 Americans.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor President F. Roosevelt requests, and recives, a declaration of war against Japan.
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This was a meeting of Senior Nazi officials held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee.
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A transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Japanese Army. The people in the march were American POV (Prisoners of War) and if you stopped you died. They marched 65 miles.
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Was a four day sea and air battle between Japan and the US. The outnumbered US Pacific Fleet succeeded in exploding four Japanese aircraft carriers. The US only lost onw the USS Yorktown.
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This was a big battle between German and Soviet troops in WWII, the battle was fought in the winter of 1942-43 and Germany surrendered the entire army.
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Allied forces invaded France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
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Was the start of the campaign to recapture and liberate Philippines from Japanese forces.
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Kown as the victory in Europe day, this marked the acceptance by the Allies of WWII of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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Joseph Stalin, Churchill, Harry Truman, met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate terms for the end of WWII.
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News of the surrender was announced to the world held in Tokyo Bay on the USS Missouri.
