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Treaty of Versailles
Ending the war between Germany and the Allied Powers, The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties made at the end of War World 1. -
Japan invades China
The invasion of Manchuria was immediately after the Mukden incident.The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and stayed until the end of the war. -
Night of broken glass
A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, 1938, into the next day -
Blitzkrieg
German invades Poland with more than 2000 tanks and 1000 planes. Within weeks the Poland army was defeated and on September 27th Warsaw surrendered. -
Battle of Britain
Britain having an effective air defense system, first-rate fighter pilots, and a great military leader gave them the upper hand. Germany had no navy left, their army unprepared, and Luftwaffe suffered heavy losses. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. -
Women working in factories
Women stepped up to produce the heavy machinery needed for the war and at home to keep the country running. Women quickly picked up and excelled at historically male-dominated trades such as welding, riveting and engine repair. -
March on Washington Campaign
This was to challenge the discrimination that African Americans were faced with in the national defense industry. The specific goal of the campaign was to pressure the Administration to end discrimination in the government, the armed forces, and defense industries. -
Bombs on London
Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941 there were major raids with more than 100 tonnes of high explosives were dropped on 16 British cities. London, was attacked 71 times and bombed by the Luftwaffe for 57 consecutive nights. -
Soviet Union invaded
Three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks inavded across the frontier into soviet territory -
Interment camps
120,000 Japanese American in interment camps. Japanese American who lived along the coast were put in the camps. -
Code talkers
The first 29 Navajo recruits attended boot camp in May 1942. -
battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. une 3, 1942 -
D-day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-miles stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches on Normandy. -
V-day
The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe. -
President Roosevelt died
President Roosevelt died after WW2 -
Mussolini died
He was summarily executed by Italian Communists in the small village of Giulinodi Mezzegra in northern Italy. -
Japan surrenders
A formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri -
Death March
After April 9, 1942, U.S surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during WW1 -
Hitlers Death
Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot in his Fuhrerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva committed suicide with him by drinking poison.
