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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War begins after the partial failure of the coup on 17 and 18 July 1936 carried out by the army against the government of the Second Republic giving beginning to a civil war ending on April 1, 1939 with the last part of war signed by Francisco Franco, declaring victory and establishing a dictatorship that would last until his death in 1975. -
Rome-Berlin Shaft
Friendship treaty signed on 25 October 1936 between Italy and Nazi Germany, which says that the two countries would form an axis around which would turn the other countries of Europe. Italy took the initiative because it was facing strong opposition in the League of Nations on the occasion of its wars of occupation in Somalia and Abyssinia (Ethiopia), obtaining with it the support of Germany had left the League of Nations in 1933 . -
Antikomintern Treaty between Germany and Japan
Antikomintern Treaty was signed on 25 November 1936 between the Empire of Japan and Nazi Germany, the document being repeated and again signed on 25 November 1941, after the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany. In the document, the signatory nations pledged to take measures to safeguard against the threat of the Communist International, led by the Soviet Union. -
Munich Agreements
Munich Agreements were approved and signed during the night of September 30, 1938 by the heads of government of the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany, in order to solve the Sudeten Crisis. Through the mediation of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, British Prime Minister and his French counterpart approved the incorporation of the Sudetenland to Germany, because most of its inhabitants were German-speaking. -
Pact of Steel
The Pact of Steel, officially known as the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, was a political and military agreement signed on May 22, 1939 in Berlin, between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs Galeazzo Ciano by Italy and Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany , where the foundations for a future mutual support in case of war were clarified. -
German-Soviet Pact
The Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, colloquially known as Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Germany and the Soviet Union, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Viacheslav Molotov respectively. The pact was signed in Moscow on August 23, 1939, nine days before the start of World War II -
Invasion of Poland
The German invasion of Poland was a military action of Nazi Germany aimed at annexing the Polish territory. The operation began on September 1, 1939 and the Polish army surrendered on October 6 of that year. It was the trigger for World War II in Europe and ended the Second Polish Republic. The invasion of Poland was the first of the military aggression that Hitler's Germany would undertake. -
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World War II
World War II was a global military conflict that developed between 1939 and 1945. It became involved most of the world's nations, including all great powers, grouped into two military alliances at odds: the Allies of World War World and the Axis Powers. Germany conquered much of Europe between 1939 and 1941. After the attack was arrested by the Allies. Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945 and Japan on August 15, 1945. -
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Axis Victories
After the start of the war, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway by surprise. In 1940 they attacked France and this being unable to retain Germany begins its retreat, with France up. At this time, Germany had been able to defeat Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and France. Being unable to invade Britain, Germany attacked by surprise the east, USSR, ushering in the Blitzkrieg. Finally, Japan entered the war. -
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Allied Victory
Tras el poder absoluto del Eje en Europa los Aliados toman el poder. Primero, Italia fue vencida en 1944, en ese mismo año, los Aliados liberan al ejército francés en el Desembarco de Normandia el 4 de junio. En abril de 1945, el ejército soviético libera Hungría, Polonia, Austria, Checoslovaquia e invaden Berlín. Por último, las bombas atómicas en Hiroshima y Nagasaki en agosto de 1945. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
On 23 August 1942 the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany fought for control of the city of Stalingrad. In this battle two million soldiers on both sides died. The end of this war occurred on February 2, 1943. This represents the beginning of the end of the power of Germany on Europe since this would never recover its former strength. This battle is the bloodiest in the history of mankind. -
Normanday's Landing
The Battle of Normandy was the military operation carried out by the Allies for the liberation of the territories of Western Europe occupied by Nazi Germany. The operation began on June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, the Normandy landings carried out by twelve hundred aircraft involved five thousand ships. On June 6, one hundred and sixty thousand soldiers crossed the English Channel from England to France and the end of August the Allied troops on French soil were more than three million. -
San Francisco Conference: Creation of UNCIO
Of 25 April 1945 to 26 June 1945 delegates from 50 allied nations during World War II gathered in San Francisco to create the United Nations Organization. The convention resulted in the creaciñon of the United Nations Charter which was filed on June 26, 1945. The conference was chaired by US diplomat Alger Hiss. -
Germany's Surrender
Head of the Military Staff Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender certificate for all German forces to the Allies. This included the phrase "all forces under German command cease active operations at 23:01 hours Central European Time, on May 8, 1945". Such words made no distinction between the Wehrmacht forces fighting the Western Allies or the Soviets, so it tacitly inferred that ended all German resistance wherever any. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a meeting held in Potsdam, Germany from 17 July to 2 August 1945 and held in the palace Cecilienhof. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, the victors in World War II. The heads of government of the three nations were Stalin, Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman. They agreed how they would administrate Germany and how they would restore the order after the war. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By United States President Harry S. Truman ordered the August 6, 1945 was released on Hiroshima nuclear weapon Little Boy and August 9, 1945 was released on Nagasaki nuclear weapon Fat Man. This was a hard blow to the Empire of Japan and one of the triggers for the end of the Second World War. These have been the only nuclear attacks in history.
