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Kristallnacht
Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels announced a government-sanctioned reprisal against the Jews. Synagogues were ravaged and then burned. Jews were beaten, raped, arrested, and murdered. Throughout Germany, France and Austria, the pogrom rampaged. -
Wannsee Conference
Reinhard Heydrich, convened the Wannsee Conference in Berlin with 15 top Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the "Final Solution". Which the Nazis attempted to detroy the entire Jewish population of Europe, about 11 million people were killed. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was the most demolishing battle of WW II. The battle was the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe. Germanys unstoppable offense was over. -
Casablanca Conference
It was the meeting of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French generals, Henri H. Giraud and Charles de Gaulle, . A declaration pledged that the war would end only with the surrender of the Axis states. -
Italy declares war on Germany
The government of Italy declares war on its former Axis partner Germany and joins the battle on the side of the Allies. The itialians invaded rome to gain control over the Germans and after a slow period of time they succeeded. -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1944. It was the largest ever sea invasion in history. Also known as D-Day. 7,000 vessels, nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June. More than 3 million troops were in France by the end of August. -
Anzio Invasion
Rome fell while Germany took over. -
Liberation of Paris
This battle marked the end of Operation Overlord, the liberation of France by the Allies, the restoration of the French Republic and the exile of the Vichy government to Sigmaringen in Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
It was a major German offensive that was launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes Mountains region of Wallonia in Belgium. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and bloodiest battle that the U.S. fought in World War II. -
Yalta Conference
With World War II in Europe drawing to a close, Franklin Roosevelt (United States), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (USSR) agreed to meet to discuss war strategy and issues that would affect the postwar world. The Yalta conferees confirmed the policy adopted at the Casablanca Conference of demanding Germany's unconditional surrender. -
V-E Day
Both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Nuremburg Trials
The Nuremberg Trials is the basic name for two sets of trials of Nazis involved in crimes committed during the Holocaust of World War II. The first trial was It was entitled the Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal, which tried the most important leaders of Nazi Germany. The second set of trials, for lesser war criminals, was conducted under Control Council Law # 10, at the U.S. Nuremberg Military Tribunals.
