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Munich Pact
Munich Pact, 1938. In the summer of 1938, Chancellor Hitler of Germany began openly to support the demands of Germans living in the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia for an improved status. After meetings between many countries and their leaders, the agreement was signed, granting the territory to Germany. -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
An agreement between the Sovient Union and Germany not to become involved in any acts of violence, or involvement in any european war. -
Battle of Britain
Air campaign between Germany and Britain. Objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. First major campaign fought by only air force -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack from Japan on the Pacific forces of the US. The purpose of the attack was for Japan to stop the US from interfereing with their plans for attacking other territories. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major and decisive battle in WWII. Big turning point. Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad which was in Soviet Union. One of the bloodiest battles in history. Stalingad was so important to Hitler because it was a major industrial city on the Volga river which was used for transport. It was also very important to the USSR because if Stalingrad had fallen, the Soviets would have lost the Volga River as a main supply route which had 75% of the oil USSR used -
D Day Invasion
Heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was in charge of US. Paratroopers went behind enemy lines at night while soldiers went in from the front. -
Battle of Bulge
The battle of the bulge was basically the German's last stand. Hitler put everything he had into that battle. If he won, the German army may have pushed through the Allied lines, and the war would have lasted somewhat longer, though by this time, The german war machine was starting to fall apart anyway, and the soviets were advancing from the east. -
Yalta Conference
WWII meeting of the heads of government of the U.S. (FDR), U.K (Winston Churchill), Soviet Union (Stalin). Conference was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day. Public holiday celebrated to mark the date when the allies accepted Nazi Germany surrender and the end of Hitler, thus ending WWII. -
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference - a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended -
Nuremberg Trials
Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. The defendants, who included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists, lawyers and doctors, were indicted on such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide and was never brought to trial.
