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Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland only days after signing the Nazi-Soviet non-agression pact. The Soviet Union agreed not to defend Poland from the east if Germany attacked from the west. -
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg troops made quick surprise strikes with support from airplanes. This resulted in the Swift German conquest of France in 1940. -
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Fall of Paris
The German invasion of France and the Low countries during the second World War. -
Pearl Harbor
A naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force. There was a great loss of American lives and ships. -
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The act of Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto occupied Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's final effort. -
D-Day
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50 mile stretch of the coast of Frances Normandy region. D-day forced the Germans to fight a two front war. -
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Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive compaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The U.S. Marines landed on and everything captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese imperial Army during WWII -
Battle of Okinawa
The largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World WarII. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies. -
VE Day
The allied victory in Europe. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
A 2nd atomic bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States. The devastation wroght at Hiroshima was not sufficient to convince the Japanese war council to accept the Potsdam Conference's demanded for unconditional surrender. -
V-J Day
Japan ceased fighting in World War II, or the day September 21 when Japan formally surrendered.
