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Hitler becomes chancellor
On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
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Events of WWII
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Nuremberg Laws in effect against Jews
At the annual party rally held in Nuremberg in 1935, the Nazis announced new laws. The Nuremberg Laws were two laws which excluded the Jews from German life, as well as took away some of their natural rights. -
Italy into Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. Mussolini followed this policy when he invaded Ethiopia. Mussolini claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. -
Italy, Germany & Japan signed Anti-Comintern Pact, against Russia
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other, mainly fascist, governments) on November 6, 1937 and was directed against the Third (Communist) International, mainly the Soviet Union. -
Germany takes over Austria with no fighting
March 12, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. Hitler accompanied German troops into Austria, where enthusiastic crowds met them. Hitler appointed a new Nazi government, and on March 13 the Anschluss was proclaimed. -
Full invasion and takeover of Czechoslovakia.
On this day, Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims -
German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
On August 23, 1939 nemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years -
Germany invades Poland with Blitzkrieg warfare
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. -
Britain Declares war on Germany
On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain declares war on Germany. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from September 1939 until the defeat of Germany in 1945, was the war’s longest continuous military campaign. During six years of naval warfare, German U-boats and warships were pitted against Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies across the Atlantic to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. This battle to control the Atlantic shipping lanes involved thousands of ships and stretched across thousands of perilous square miles of ocean. -
Canada declares war on Germany
Britain’s declaration of war did not automatically commit Canada into the war. After about a week, Canada declares war supporting Britain. They did this a week later to show their independence from Britain. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a combat of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks from the end of June 1940. -
Invasion of Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. -
Pearl Harbour Attack
The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor,[9] the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters,[10][11] and Operation Z during planning,[12] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Japanese-Canadian Internment
Japanese-Canadian Internment was the detainment of Japanese Canadians following the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong and Malaya and attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent Canadian declaration of war on Japan during World War II. This forced relocation subjected Japanese Canadians to government-enforced curfews and interrogations, in addition to job and property losses. -
Battle of El Alamein
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis forces of the Panzer Army Africa and Allied forces of the Eighth Army. The British prevented a second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt. -
Battle Of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. Lasted from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943. -
Dieppe Raid
It was when allied forces raided the Port of Dieppe to test out German coastal forces. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The German forces air raid and bomb the Soviet city of the Stalingrad beginning the Battle of Stalingrad. -
Italian Campaign
The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. -
D-Day
The Allied Forces invaded the beaches of Normandy in an Operation which began the liberation of Europe. -
Germany surrenders
On this day in 1945, the German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The US drop an Atomic Bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in an attempt to make Japan surrender. -
Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
The US dropped a second atomic bomb the the Japanese city of Nagasaki. This second bombing ended up causing Japan to surrender, ending the war.
