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Adolf Hitler, a veteran, joined a fledgling political organization that was called the German Workers’ Party. This event is important because it leads to the rise in his career.
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Hitler, became the leader of the organization in 1921, by that time it was renamed the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party. This is important because it shows his rise to power.
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Hitler became the German chancellor, he then began to control every ones lives. He then opens up his first concentration camp which is what ultimately leads to WWII.
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the invasion of china was a military conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945.
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On september 1st German troops invaded Poland along the border.
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German forces tried out the blitzkrieg (lightning war) in Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium.
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It was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the harbours and beaches of Dunkirk, France.
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on September 7th German bomber flew over London in attemt to subdue Great Britain. The Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority, despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and, its civilian population. Britain’s victory saved the country from a ground invasion
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It was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States.
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a major battle between Germany and the soviet union for control in Russia.
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the army would attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient.
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Was a major battle where the United States Marine Corps captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army
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May 8th marks the formal acceptance from the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces
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the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan then three days later a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.
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The day when the Empire of Japan surrendered in World War II, ending the war.
