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Neutralitry Acts
A series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 to prevent U.S.arms sales and loans to nations at war.They made no distinction between aggressor and victim, treating both equally as "belligerents"; and they limited the US government's ability to aid Britain against Nazi Germany. -
Hitler Takes Power
At the end of WW1 had been a jobless soldier drifting around Germany. He joined a struggling group group called the NationalSocialist German Workers Party also known as NAZI's. The great depression helped them come to power. Hitler told the people that he could get them out of their struggles if they just trusted him. -
Invasion of Manchuria
was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany -
German invasion of Czechoslovakia
About 3 million german speaking people lived there at the time. Hitler wanted to annex czechoslovakia in order to prived more living space for Germany as well as to control its important natural resources. -
Munich Agreement
Turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired.The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia -
Spanish Civil War
The war began after a pronunciamiento (declaration of opposition) by a group of right-wing generals under the leadership of José Sanjurjo against the Government of the Second Spanish Republic, at the time under the leadership of President Manuel Azaña. The rebel coup was supported by a number of conservative groups including the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right,[nb 3] monarchists such as the religious conservative Carlists, and the Fascist Falange.[nb 4][5] -
Nonaggression Pact
An agrement in which two nations promise not to go to war with each other.Hitler was planning against the possibility of a two front war.Since fighting a two front war in World War I had split Germany's forces, it had weakened and undermined their offensive,which played a large role in Germany losing the First World War. -
Invasion of poland
German air force roared over Poland raning bombs on military bases,airfieldsmrailroads, and cities. German tanks also raced across the countryside spreading terror and confusion. This was called Blitzkrieg or lightning war. It made uses of advances in military technology, such as fast tanks and more powerful aircraft to take the enemy by surprise. -
Japanese invasion of China
An estimated 2.7 million Chinese were killed in a Japanese "pacification" program that targeted "all males between 15 and 60 who were suspected to be enemies" along with other "enemies pretending to be local people." Out of the thousands of Chinese prisoners captured during the war only 56 were found alive in 1946. -
Invasion of Denmark/Norway
lasted until German forces withdrew at the end of World War II following their surrender to the Allies on 5 May 1945.Both the Danish government and king remained in the country in an uneasy relationship between a democratic and a totalitarian system until German authorities dissolved the government following a wave of strikes and sabotage. -
The Fall of France
The German offensive trapped almost 400,000 British and French soldiers as tey fled to the beaches of Dunklrk on the French side of the English Channel. Italy entered the war on the side of Germany and invaded France from the south as the Germans closed in on Paris from the north. -
Lend-Lease
Law passed in 1941 that allowes the United States to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nation's fighting the Axis powers.A total of $50.1 billion (equivalent to $611 billion today) worth of supplies were shipped: $31.4 billion to Britain, $11.3 billion to the Soviet Union, $3.2 billion to France, and $1.6 billion to China. -
Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly to come to agreements. Both countries pledged the following; collective security, disarmament, Self-determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas. -
Pearl Harbor
Was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base.The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. -
Doolittle's Raid
The first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home Islands (specifically Honshu) during World War II.Sixteen U.S. Army Air Forces medium bombers were launched from the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Hornet deep in the Western Pacific Ocean. The plan called for them to bomb military targets in Japan, and to continue westward to land in China—landing a medium bomber on the Hornet.All of the aircraft involved in the bombing were lost and 11 crewmen were either killed or capture -
Battle of Midway
World War 2 battle that took plave in early june 1942. The Allies decimated the Japanese fleet at Midway, an island lying northwest of Hawaii. The Allies then took the offensive in the Pacific and began to move closer to Japan. -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was critical to the u.S. as a base from wich heavily loaded bombers might reach Japan. It also was the most heavily defended spot on earth, 20,700 Japanese troops entrenched in tunnels and caves. Over 6,000 marines died trying to take over the land. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germans surrendered and the Soviet Union won. This was the turning point in the war. -
Operation Torch/North African Front
It was the British/American invasion of French North Africa during the North African campaign.Afrika Korps surrendered. Allies gained control over North African shores. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The German’s goal was to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union. Allis responded by organizing their cargo ships into convoys. Convoys were groups of ships traveling together for mutual protection. -
D-Day
Eisenhower planned to attack Normandy in Northern France. This was the largest land-sea-air operation in the army history. -
Italian Campaign
Sicily got captured by the Allies. On July 25,1943 King Victor Emmanuel forced Mussolini to resign and then had him executed. With this in mind the Germans knew the Allies were coming to Germany next, so they fought them 40 miles from Rome. By the end of the four month battle 25,00 Allies died and 30,00 Axis died. Germans fought to keep Italy but when Germany came close to collapse they surrendered. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign. -
Liberation of France
French resistance forces and American troops liberated the French capital from four years of German occupation. Allis freed France, Belgium, and Luxemburg. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Also called the "Battles for Leyte Gulf", and formerly known as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea", is generally considered to be the largest naval battle.United States troops invaded the island of Leyte as part of a strategy aimed at isolating Japan from the countries it had occupied in South East Asia, and in particular depriving its forces and industry of vital oil supplies.The Battle of Leyte Gulf is also notable as the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kam -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler decided to try and have tank divisions break thought weak American defenses along an 80 mile front. Tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory, only to create a bulge in the Allied lines. -
Yalta Conferemce
Was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization.The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. -
FDR's Death
Roosevelt did not live to see V-E Day. While posin for a portait in Warm Springs, Georgia, the president had a stroke and died. That night Harrry S. Truman bcecame president. -
V-J Day
is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. -
Okinawa
Was the largest on land battle.After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland. -
V-E Day
"Victory in Europe day" on which General Eisnehower's acceptance of the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany marked the end of WW2 in Europe. The date 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. -
Hiroshima
The fist location of the atomic bombing done by the U.S.The Hiroshima prefectural health department estimates that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other causes. -
Nagasaki
The location of the second atomic bombing done by the U.S.15 days after the bombing the Japanese surrendered completely due to all the distruction done to the city. -
Nuremberg Trials
The court proceedings held in Nuremberg Germany, after WW2,where Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes.24 leaders were captured. And half of them were killed on the spot the other 12 were put in prison.
