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