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Japan Invades Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident -
"Rape of Nanking"
The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, then the capital of the Republic of China. -
Kristallnacht
This was an act against Jews throughout Nazi Germany that was carried out by S.A. paramilitary forces and German civilians. The name Kristallnacht comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues were smashed. -
Manhattan Project
This was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. -
German Invasion of Poland
This was a joint invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, the Free City of Danzig, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II. -
Battle of the Atlantic
This was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. -
Phony War
This was an eight month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front. -
Fall of France
The Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during World War II. -
Dunkirk
This was a military operation that was fought between the Allies and Nazi Germany in Dunkirk, France. -
Battle of Britain
This was a military campaign of World War II, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large scale attacks by the German Air Force. -
German Invasion of Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. -
Atlantic Charter
This is a pivotal policy statement issued during World War II which defined the Allied goals for the postwar world. -
Slege of Leningrad
This was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the German Army Group North, Spanish Blue Division and the Finnish Army. -
Hong Kong & Singapore Fall
This was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown colony of Hong Kong. -
Battle of Bataan
This represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Doolittle Raid
This was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital, Tokyo, and other places on the island of Honshu during World War II. -
Battle of Coral Sea
This was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
Battle of Corregidor
This was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II. -
Battle of Midway
This was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was a major confrontation of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad, Russia. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
This was a military campaign fought on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
El Alamein
This was a battle that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it was the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
This was considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. -
Allies Land in North Africa
The military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched an operation against French North Africa, in particular the territories of Algeria and Morocco. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
This was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II. -
Battle of Anzio
This was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II. The operation was opposed by German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno. -
D-Day Operation
Operation Overlord was the code-name for the Battle of Normandy: the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy: the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. (A.K.A. D-Day) -
Liberation of France
This was a military action that took place during World War II until the German garrison surrendered the French capital -
Battle of the Bulge
This was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
Yalta Conference
This was the World War II meeting with the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
This was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
V-E Day
This was the public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Hiroshima
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Nagasaki Bombed
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war.
