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Adolf Hitler became chancellor
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler Chancellor of the National Socialist Germany workers party -
Adolf Hitler violated the Versailles Treaty
Hitler decided to take a gamble and test the resolve of Britain and France by authorizing Goering to reveal to a British official the existence of the Luftwaffe (German air Force) 1934-1937 -
Munich Conference, Appeasement
Seals the fate of Czechozlovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace. -
Kristallnacht
The wave of violent anti-Jewish programs which took place in Germany, annexed Austria, and others controled by Germany. -
Nazi-soviet Pact
Russia and Germany signed a non-aggression pact -
World War II Begins
For the next six years, war consumed the world. -
Blitzkrieg
A military tactic designed to create disorganization through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
Battle of Britain
German and Britian air forces were locked in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. -
French Surrendered
They were pushed to the English Channel and compelled to abandon the continent at Dunkirk. -
Atlantic Charter
A joint declaration released by the U.S. following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland -
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Lend Lease Act
This act permitted the U.S. to support its war interests without being overextended in battle. -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl harbor, the U.S. defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II -
Pearl Habor
Hundred of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American Naval base at Pearl Habor, near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Final Solution
The Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingard in the U.S.S.R. during World War II -
Operation Torch
The allied invasion of French North Africa in November of 1942. It was the first time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together. -
D-Day
Some 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. -
Battle of the Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the allied armies in NorthWest Europe by means of a suprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. -
Fall of Berlin (German Surrender)
Stalin unleashed the brutal power of 20 armies, 6,300 tanks, and 8,500 aircraft with the objective of crushing German resistance and capturing Berlin. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on hiroshima and Nagaski
A uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped on Hiroshima, and (Fat Boy) n Nagasaki. -
United Nations
A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following World War II to prevent another such conflict.
