World War II and the Cold War

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

  • Stalin attacks Finland

    Stalin attacks Finland

  • Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain

    Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

  • Formation of the United Nations

    Formation of the United Nations

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

  • Japanese Internemnt Camps

    Japanese Internemnt Camps

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Death

    Franklin D. Roosevelt Death

  • Mussolini’s assassination

    Mussolini’s assassination

  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler Commits Suicide

    " I myself and my wife - in order to escape the disgrace of deposition or capitulation - chosose death. It is our wish to be burnt immediately on the spot where i have carried out the greatest part of my daily work in the course of twelve years' service to my people" Adolf Hitler
  • Potsdam Confrence

    Potsdam Confrence

  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials

  • The Cold War

    The Cold War

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

  • McArthur's plan for Japan

  • McAuthur's plan for Japan

    McAuthur's plan for Japan

  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis