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Hitler Builds an Army
Hitler sends troops to the Rhineland, Surrounding countries use appeasement to avoid war. -
Hitler takes Austria
Hitler takes Austria after lining up troops at border. -
Munich Conference
Germany got the Sudetenland and had to be friends with Austria and agreed to no further expansion. -
Germany & USSR
Germany and USSR sign Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact. -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland which causes Great Britain and France to enter the war. -
Battle of Britain
The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) conducted air raids on Great Britain. -
Battle of Britain Victory
Great Britain won by using new technology, the RADAR. -
Germany invades Soviet Union
Germany invades the Soviet Union without warning which is suprising because they had the non-aggression pact signed. -
Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the United States's entry into World War 2 on the allied powers. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was the major turning point for the allies. -
Germans in North Africa surrender
Genereal Eisenhower leads joint command through North Africa causing Germans to surrender. -
Germans in Stalingrad
Germans were surrounded by the Soveit Union and surrendered. -
D-Day
Also known as Operation Overlord, where the United States stormed the beaches of Normandy. -
Hitler dies
On this day Hitler commited suicide. -
Victory in Europe
This day was the day there was victory in Europe also known as V-E Day. -
Hiroshima
The United States dropped the first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
Soveit Union & Japan
The Soveit Union declares war on Japan breaking a nuetrality pact signed in 1940 -
Nagasaki
The second Atomic bomb was dropped three days after the first in Nagasaki. -
Victory in Japan
Between the Atomic bombs and the war with the Soveit Union Japan finally surrender to the Allies naming this day V-J Day.
