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Rhineland
Germany invades Rhineland. -
"Anschluss"
Germany invades Austria and Britan and France don't do anything about it. -
Sudentenland
Germany takes over the Sudentenland. -
Czechoslovakia
German troops invaded Czechoslovakia and took over Bohemia. -
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
Hitler and Stalin make plans to devide up Poland. -
Poland
The offical start of world war 2. -
Siltzkrieg
The phoney war. -
Battle of the Atlantic
Fought against Germany and there was around 18,000 sailors killed. -
Germany Invades
Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium,France are now all taken over by Germany. -
Selective Training Service Act
It required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 register with local draft boards. Later, when the U.S. entered World War II, all men aged 18 to 45 were made subject to military service, and all men aged 18 to 65 were required to register. -
FDR Wins Election
Pledge to keep out of war with nutrallity acts. -
Operation Barbarossa
It was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II -
Undeclared war
The Japaneese attack the U.S. at Pearl Harbor in an attempt to buy time to claim more islands. -
Battle of Wake Island
Resulted in 627 casualties. -
War
Germany and Italy Declare war. -
Battle of Coral Sea
U.S. victory of a battle faught compleatly by air craft. -
Battle of Midway
A very important Navel battle. -
Stalingrad
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 (now Volgograd) -
Guadalcanal
A military campain. -
Operation Torch
A British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign that had 1,200 casualties. -
Rommel’s forces defeated
20,000 solders are killed here. -
Battle of Sicily
Fought in Sicily Italy 9,200 casualties. -
Battle of Monte Cassino
A battle agaist Germany resulting in more then 100,000 Casualities and was fought in Monte Cassino Italy. -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot hold in Normandy. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded. -
Battle of Normandy
Resulted in 63,360 Casualties. -
Battle of Saipan
Resulted in 13,313 Casualties. -
Operation Varsity
Resulted in 27,00 casualties. -
Adof Hitler Commits Suicide
He kills himself along with his new wife and dog and has his men destroy the bodies after. -
VE Day
Victory over Europe. -
Japan Surrenders
Japan formally surrenders and there for brings an end to world war two.
