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Japan Invades China
On September 19th 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria in China without declaring war on China, breaking the rules of the League of Nations which made war illegal. Japan had a little supply of natural resources, however had a highly developed industry. Japan invaded Manchuria in the hope for oil, rubber, and lumber inorder to make up for the lack of resources in Japan. China responds immediatly by asking the League of Nations for help to kick Japan out of Manchuria. -
Munich Conference
In September 30th 1938 a crisis developed in Europe. Adolf Hitler, the fascist dictator of Germany, had annexed Austria the year before. He wanted to also take the Sudetenland of Czechslovakia and make the territory a part of Germany. Then, the Munich Conference was called, making an agreement that Hitler could annex the Sudetenland, but not anywhere else. All four countries signed the agreement Hitler of Germany, Daladier of France, Mussolini of Italy, and Chamberlain of the United Kingdom. -
Non-Aggression Pact
The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact on August 23, 1939 was a nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of World War II. It stated that neither Germany or the Soviet Union could invade the other. Adolf Hitler of Germany asked for the non-aggression pact. On June 22nd, 1941 Adolf Hitler and Germany invades the Soviet Union not following their non-aggression pact. The German military failed invading Russia being outnumbered. -
Germany invades Poland
On September 1st 1939, the German forces attack Poland from air and land, beginning World War II. The German invasion on Poland was known as the blitzkrieg strategy.Which was extensive bombing early on to destroy Polands air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with an outnumbering number of troops, tanks, and artillery. Although Poland's military was 1 million troops, they were under equipped to take the Germans. -
Battle of Britain
On July 10th 1940, the Battle of Britain had begun which remains one of the most famous battles of World War II. The Germans needed control of the Channel so that the British Navy would not be able to attack there invasion barges which were scheduled to land on the Kent and Sussex beaches. In order to control the Channel the Germans needed control of the air. Meaning they had to take on Fighter Command led by Sir Hugh Dowding, of the Royal Air Force of Germany. -
The Holocaust
In January 1941 there was an genocide where six million Jews were killed under the Nazi who was controlled by Adolf Hitler. They were killed in concentration camps which took place throughout Germany and German territories. Between 1941 and 1945,. the Jewish and other ethnic groups were murdered in the largest genocide in the 20th century. The Holocaust had a total death rate of 11 million total Jewish and ethnic groups killed,1 million jewish children were killed. -
Lend- Lease Act
Proposed in the 1940s and passed in March 1941, the Lend-Lease Act provided weapons to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials to other European Nations. The United States transfered 50 American weapons to the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy. The agreement was materials in the form of vehicles, aircraft, weapons were shipped to other Allied nations who were actively fighting the Axis Powers. -
Blitzkrieg
In June 1941, the German military introduced a new kind of war fare in WWII, Blitzkreig also called lightning war. It focused on speed and surprise attacks. The tactic was based on gthe Schlieffen Plan formed during WWI that focused on quick miliatry victory. Germany used Blitzkreig in their attempt to avoid a long miserable war.Germany successfully used the Blitzkrieg tactic against Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and failed against Great Britain. -
Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941 Adolf Hitler attempted an massive invasion of the Soviet Union with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea. By doing so Adolf Hitler broke there treaty of non violence between Germany and the Soviet Union. Because of the harsh winters Germany fails to defeat the Soviet Union and surrenders. -
Pearl Harbor
At 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack two hours, but devastating, The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers died in the attack, and 1,000 were wounded. -
Wannsee Conference
In Berlin, Germany on January 20th 1942, the high leveled Nazi officials met to discuss the Final Solution to the Jewish people. The earlier idea was to send all Jewish Europeans to the island of Madagascar in Africa. Was abandoned because the thought of exterminating them in there minds were better then keeping them alive. -
Bataan Death March
On April 9th 1942, The United States surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an 65 mile march to prison camps. The marchers were in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. -
Battle of Midway
On June 4th 1942, Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most bloodies naval battles of World War II. Through advances in code breaking, the United States was able to hold off the Japenease. The victory allowed the United States to advance. American radio nets in the Pacific picked up various orders Yamamoto had dispatched to prepare his forces for the operation. -
Battle of Stalingrad
On August 23rd 1942, was the successful Soviet defense of Stalingrad in Russian control during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire World War. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union. -
D-Day
On June 6th 1944,The invasion of Normandy, the code name was Operation Overlord, was one of the largest military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. -
Battle of the Bulge
On December 16th 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught offguard, American units fought desperate battles to resist the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
On February 19th 1945, Three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island. Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese army and naval troops, who fought out of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. Despite the difficulty of the conditions, the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting, the Japanease surrender. -
Battle of Okinawa
In April 1945, the battle of Okinawa involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. By the end of the 82 day campaign, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties, leaving behind 14,000 dead soldiers. The U.S. and the allies were able to hold off the Japanease and win the battle. -
V-E Day
On May 8th 1945 at 2:41, Victory in Europe day, on May 7th Germany unconditionally surrenders and ends war in Europe. Winston Churchill was informeed at 7:00. Great Britain and the United States celebrate putting out flags and banners, celebrating the defeat of the German army. -
The bombing of Hiroshima/ Nagasaki
In August 1945, Japan refuses to surrender to the United States, so an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion killed 90 percent of the city. Three days later the United States asks Japan to Surrender once again, and Japan fails to respong forcing an second B-29 dropped another Atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing 40,000 people. When asked to surrender for the third time Japan surrenders. -
V-J Day
On September 2nd 1945, Japan surrendereds unconditionally to the United States and the Allies ending World War II. OnSeptember 2nd 1945, Japan’s formal surrender took place on the U.S.S. Missouri, in Tokyo Bay. Several months after the surrender of the Nazi Army, Germany. Japans surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7th 1941, which brought the United States into World War II has now come to an end. -
Warsaw Pact
On May 5th 1955, was a treaty was signed in Warsaw, has members which were the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. The treaty remained in use untill 1991, Albania was kicked out of the Treaty in 1962. The treaty was signed by the NATO organization and continued its existence beyond the Cold War .
