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Rape of Nanking
In December of 1937, Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and decided to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. -
German Blitzkrieg
It's a German term for "lightning war," blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces. -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
The Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact is named after the soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and the German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. -
Fall of Paris
Paris fell to the Germans. The French, having decided not to fight in the capital itself, have withdrawn south of the city. -
Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor attack was also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor. Japan intended the attack to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with the military actions the Empire of Japan planned. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in Berlin on January 20,1942. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Between 3 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
On June 6,1944 more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline. -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Adolf Hitler attempted to split the Allied armie in Northwest Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day, or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on May 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisors that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties. -
VJ Day
1945: Allied nations celebrate VJ Day. Japan has surrendered to the Allies of almost six years of war. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and they found hundred prisoners sick and exhausted.
