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Kristallnacht
This was also known as The Night of Broken Glass and it was a series of attacks on the Jews throughout parts of Germany and Austria. -
Wannsee Conference
This was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. It's purpose was to inform the administrative leaders of departments regarding to the policies of Jews. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was a battle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union for the conrtol of the city of Stalingrad in Southwesternm Russia. It was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. -
Casablanca Conference
This conference was held in Casablanca, Morocco to plan the European strategy of the Allies in WW2. Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt were there. -
Italy declares war on Germany
Italy declares war on Germany. -
Anzio Invasion
This was an Allied amphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. The operation was commanded by Major General John P. Lucas and was intended to outflank German forces of the Winter Line and enable an attack on Rome. -
Operation Overlord
This was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. -
Liberation of Paris
This is accounted as the last battle in the Campaign for Normandy and the transitional conclusion of the Allied invasion breakout in Operation Overlord into a broad-fronted general offensive. -
Battle of the Bulge
This battle was a major German offensive launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes Mountains region of Wallonia in Belgium. -
Yalta Conference
This Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference, was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization. -
V-E Day
This is known as Victory in Europe Day and it was when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. -
Nuremburg Trials
This was a series of military tribunals, held by the main victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany.
