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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, and Soviet Government official/ Prime minister Molotov-Ribbentrop sign treaty pact between the two aggressors. -
Kristallnacht
"Night of Broken Glass" is the name given to the day nazi troops were ordered to destroy Jewish businesses and Synagogues. -
Germany invades Poland
Adolf Hitler's millitary take's over poland territory. -
France surrenders
Germany and France sign the armistice that declares the fall of France -
Beginning of the Battle of Dunkirk
Dunkirk France was aided by allies, in an evacuation effort to hold off the German territory front. -
The Battle of Britain
Germany begins it's bombings on Great Britain that last 3.5 months. -
The Atlantic Charter
Pivotal policy statement made over an agreement between the U.S. and Britain. It was placed to create a post-war list of allies. -
Pearl Harbor suprise attack
American naval base in Hawaii territory Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japanese planes and ships. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle between the naval and air forces of Japan, and the U.S. with their ally Australia, that took place ith the Coral sea between Australia, and New Guinea. -
Start of the Battle of Midway
A similar ambush by the Japanese on pacific naval units garissoned by U.S. millitary in hawaiian territory. The aim by the Japanese was to discontinue the control in the pacific by the U.S. military, but there were 10 times more Japanese casualties than U.S casualties, because of advanced military decoding. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi German forces, with allies fought Russian military in a struggle over the Russian town Stalingrad (now called Volgograd)
Hitler proved very successful in his infiltration. -
Operation Torch
American-British operation against French occupied North Africa (Algeria, and Moroco) to take out german allied forces. This was the first collective unit of U.S. forces with British forces ever. -
D-Day
Normandy invaded by western forces in attempt to end Nazi occupation in Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
An all-out war from U.S. and it's allies, against Germany, that ended up being the war that cost the U.S. the most casualties -
V-E
standing for Victory in Europe, this is a celebrated holiday, that remembers the day on which Germany felt defeat. -
Hiroshima bombing
U.S. millitary bombs Hiroshima on a day that symbolized great destruction, but also a new beginning. -
V-J Day
The celebration after the Nuclear bombs "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" where dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and ended Japans wrath. -
Nagasaki Bombing
Nagasaki is bombed due to poor cloud coverage in the originally intended dropping zone. -
Start of the Nuremburg Trials
A trial of the most prominate leaders of the Nazi empire, held by Allied forces of the west.
