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Blitzkrieg attack on Poland
A joint invasion on Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and small Slovak consignment that marked the beginning of the second world war in Europe. -
Rise of Facism and Nazism
The economic collapse, and the political instability caused by World War I led the rise of Facism in Europe to World War II. The Nazi version of Facism was dedicated to the reversal of the Versailles Treaty and the establishment of a German Empire by means of war and conquest. -
Neutrality Act
Imposed a general embargo in trading of arms and war materials with all parties in the war. -
Germany's expansion and annexation of Austria
Earlier, Nazi Germany provided support for Austrian national socialist party in its bid to seize power from Austrians fatherland front government. -
Signing of the non aggression pact (Germany and U.S.S.R.)
Enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German soviet nonaggression pact, in which two countries agreed to take no military against each other for ten years. -
Lend-Lease Act
The lend-lease act was the principal means for providing U.S. Military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer Ames or any other defense material for which Comgress appropriated money to "the government of any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States." By allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, The Soviet Union and other countries. -
The Transition of the U.S. Home front to war production
The U.S. Had not officially entered the war but they had begun to ration and star victory gardens. So when the U.S. Entered the war ready, their military was ready and primed. They were not surprised when they were stacked. -
Battle of Midway
Americans discovered the Japanese fleet northeast of the midway. An air battle quickly developed. The turning point came at mid-morning. He jape see fighters were drawn down to sea level by attacking American torpedo bombers, the vast majority of which were destroyed. -
Battle of Staligrad
Was the succesful Soviet defense of the city of Staligrad in the U.S.S.R during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their great Pacific War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the allies. This battle was one of the bloodiest battles in history with the most military and civilian casualties. -
Invasion of Afrcia by Eisenhower
Also known as the operation torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African campaign of the Second World War. -
D-Day
Infiltration from the U.S army in Normandy beach in France. More than 160,000 men deployed their to fight the nazis upon a 50 mile long beach. More than 5000 ships and 13000 aircrafts were deployed out to the beach. The lives lost on D-Day were many and a lot of allies died too. -
Liberation of madjdanek (concentration camp)
Soviet forces approach Lublin, the remaining camp staff abandoned madjdanek without fully dismantling the camp. Soviet troops cam to madjdanek and it became the first major concentration camp to be liberated. -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle of the bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallomia in Belgium, France, and Luxemburgon the Western front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
American marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting, and the battle earned a place in American lore with the publication of a photograph showing the U.S. Flag being raised in victory. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Americans I shed to destroy hats was left of Japan's merchant fleet and use airstrips in the region to launch bombing raids on Japan's industrial heartland. -
V-Day
Victory in Europe Day, celebrated on May 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the allies of World War IIof Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
V J Day
It was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the allies, effectively ending World War II.
