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Japanese Attack on
This war was fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 9, 1945. -
Hitler Reveals War Plans
On November 5, 1937, Adolf Hitler held a secret conference in the Reich Chancellery when he revealed his plans for the acquisition of Lebensraum. -
German Forces
German government called up 750,000 troops for an unprecedented series of military maneuvers. -
Czech Government Resigns
Czech Government Resigns from war when they realized they had no chance. -
Hitler Threatens Jews during Reichstag Speech
Tensions between Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler tells the German public and the world that the outbreak of war would mean the end of European Jewry. -
Nazi's take Czechoslovakia
When the Nazi's took Czechoslovakia it gave them more land, coal, Iron and steel, and electrical power. Which gave the Nazi's lots of control. -
Nazi's and Soviet's Sign Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Nazi's Invade Poland
At 4:45 a.m.,1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. -
Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
In response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Rationing begins in Britain
Rationing began to help Soldiers get healthier so they can keep fighting. -
United States and Britain declare war on Japan.
What Japan did at Peal Harbor is the reason for starting the war with Japan. -
Hitler Declares War on the United States.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor surprised Germany. Although Hitler had made an agreement with Japan that Germany would join a war against the United States -
German eyewitness observes SS mass murder.
Hermann Graebe, a German engineer, and his foreman, came upon an execution squad killing Jews. -
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Teheran
During the Conference, the three leaders coordinated their military strategy against Germany and Japan. -
D-Day
The day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war know as Operation Mist. -
United States Army Liberates Dachau
The U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau, the first concentration camp established by Germany’s Nazi regime -
Hitler Commits Suicide
As you can see from the title Hitler has committed Suicide and many are very happy about this. -
First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan, Japanese sign surrender Agreement.
