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Signing of the the Anti-Comintern Pact between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany
The signing of the Tripartite Pact by Germany, Japan, and Italy The Axis grew out of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty signed by Germany and Japan -
Second Sino-Japanese War
conflict that broke out when China began full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory -
Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia
In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand -
Hitler invades Poland
One of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland in January 1934. -
the Rome-Berlin Axis is announced.
Thus the infamous Axis Rome-Berlin was created. Mussolini announced it publicly on 1 November 1936 in the speech given at the Milan cathedral. -
German Blitzkrieg
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. -
Japanese declare war on USA.
The declaration of war by the Empire of Japan on the United States and the British Empire was published on December 8, 1941 -
Germany declares war on USA.
Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict.The -
Battle of Midway - 4 Japanese carriers sunk.
U.S. Attacks on the Japanese Carrier Striking Force, 4 June 1942 While their aviators flew back from Midway, the Japanese carriers sank. -
D Day - Normandy Landing
Normandy Invasion D-Day Landings, 6 June 1944. The Normandy invasion took place in the Bay of the Seine, on the south side of the English Channel -
Soviets capture Warsaw.
The Uprising began as Soviet troops were attacking German positions in the vicinity of the city. -
Allies liberate Paris.
The French 2nd Armored Division was formed in London in late 1943 with the express purpose of leading the liberation of Paris during the Allied invasion of France. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard and became the costliest battle in terms of casualties for the United States, whose forces bore the brunt of the attack. It also severely depleted Germany's war-making resources. -
US President Roosevelt dies
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the longest serving president in American history, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage three months into his fourth term. -
Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva (née Braun) committed suicide with him -
V Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day or VE Day, was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May -
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, the United States used its massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20000 tons of TNT -
Forming the Slovak Republic
Territorial changes of Slovak Republic from 1938 to 1947
