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Germany invades Austria
Hitler invades Austria because he viewed Austria as part of Germany. He combined Germany and Austria in a union and called it "Greater Germany". -
Britain’s Appeasement
Hitler and Neville Chamberlin met in Germany after the invasion of Austria. They agreed that Hitler could have the Czechoslovakia land if Hitler stops trying to get more land. -
Germany ( Nazi) & Soviet Union Non Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a ten-year non aggression pact, which promised not to attack each other. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland to get more land. The Polish army was defeated within a month. -
Britain and France Declares War on Germany
Britain and France declared war on Germany because they had a treaty with Poland in which they had to help Poland if they attack. -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Pact was an agreement allowing the Nazi German to take Czechoslovakia's, Sudetenland.The agreement was held at a conference in Munich, Germany. -
Germany Invades Belgium "Phony War"
Germany invaded Belgium for a second time. The Germans attack both the Netherlands and Belgium at the same time. -
Germany Invades France
The battle of France was also known as "The Fall or France". It was a successful invasion of France and the Low Countries. -
Germany Bombing London ( The Blitz )
They were major raids that dropped more then 100 tons of high explosives on 16 British cities over a period of 267 days. The Germans couldn't really drop it during the day, they would just be shot down with Anti-Aircraft turrets. So they dropped them at night but couldn't see where they were hitting because the people would keep all the lights off at night. -
Lend-Lease Act
A law that started a program which the United States of America supplied the Non Aggression countries with supplies or materiel. -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
"Operation Barbarossa" was nicknamed for this operation.The Soviet Union was neutral in the war. Then Hitler sent his troops to attack USSR, and the Soviet Union joined with the Allied Powers after. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Japan had a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in the morning against the United States naval base in Hawaii. This was the cause of the United Sates joining the war with the Allied Powers. -
Japanese-American Incarceration
Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the internment camps with Executive Order 9066. It was the removal of the Japanese-Americans in the west to prisons after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. About 110,000 people of Japanese heritage who lived on the west coast was sent to one of the camps. -
Manhattan Project
A secret government research and development project that created the first atomic bombs. It took about 3 years to make and was lead by physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Major General Leslie Groves oversaw the project. -
Battle of Midway
It was the most important naval battle in World War 2. It was a turning point for the in the war after they defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy. -
Nazi's surrender at Stalingrad
The battle started on August 23, 1942. This was a major battle of World War 2 in which the Nazi's where fighting the Soviet Union for the city of Stalingrad. Nazi's surrenders because they were dying at a rapid pace during the winter. They were not prepared for the harsh weather. -
D-Day
An allied invasion of Normandy during World War 2. The term D-Day was used for the day of the actual landing. This was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Iwo Jima
US marines invaded the island of Iwo Jima. The United States plan was to take over the island. 5 days later after they started fighting they raised of the U.S. flag on top of the Mount Suribachi by five U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy battlefield Hospital Corpsman. There was actually 2 flag rasing and both of them were on the same day. The battle lasted till March 26, 1945. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies, Harry S. Truman becomes president
Franklin D. Roosevelt died after months of poor health and Harry S. Truman was sworn in as President. The U.S. successfully finished World War 2 under Truman. -
Adolf Hitler’s suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide by gunshot. Later that day his wife Eva Braun also committed suicide by ingesting cyanide. -
Victory in Europe
This marks the date when the World War 2 Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender by Germany. -
Atomic Bombing
The Atomic Bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan by the United States. The bombs were dropped by a B-29 Bomber. The Japanese did not surrender after the first bomb, so 3 days later the United States dropped another bomb. These 2 events were the only use of nuclear weapons in war to this day. -
Victory in Japan
The day which Japan surrendered, ending World War 2. The papers were signed on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
