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Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party, becomes the Chancellor of Germanay. -
Hitler pledges to undo the Treaty Of Versailles
Hitler wants vengeance. -
Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as Axis Powers
Axis Powers are formed. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy bombs Ethiopia in order to invade it. -
Germany annexes Austria
Hitler added Austria to Germany -
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement. (Appeasement)
Gave into the policy of appeasement to Germany -
Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands
Germany takes control of Czech property -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence
Soviet Union and Nazi Germany make a pact -
Germany invades Poland
The start of WWII. -
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France try to protect Poland -
Soviet Union invades Poland
USSR take over Poland as well. -
Phony War
An eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front. -
Auschwitz
a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich. -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
Germany takes over Denmark and Norway. -
France falls and Germany controls Paris
France gives into appeasement. -
Operation Sea Lion
Nazi Germany's code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain. -
North African Campaign
It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts and in Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia. -
Britain defeats Germany in Operation Sea Lion
Britain outplayed Germany. -
Kristallnacht
The Night of Broken Glass -
Battle of Britain ends
The Battle of Britain comes to an end. -
Germany invades the Soviet Union - Operation Barbarosa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. -
Battle of Midway Ends
The Battle of Midway, a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II ends. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord -
Germany Surrenders
Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II. -
Hiroshima
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the U.S. -
Nagasaki
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the U.S. -
Japan Surrenders
The Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.
