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Invasion of Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria because there is a need for raw materials due to the Industrial Revolution. They also invaded Manchuria to solve economic problems. This lasted for about one year. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
When HItler became the Chancellor of Germany, he promised to help Germany's economy. He also promised to build up the German military. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia, one of the last independent states in Africa, and adds it to the Italian Empire. Despite their pleas, the League of Nations did nothing to stop this. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was a diplomatic conference where the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy all gathered together to discuss the fate of Czechoslovakia. They ended up allowing Germany to add Czechoslovakia to their territory. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was when German Nazis torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish himes, and killed close to 100 Jews. This event lasted one day. -
Non-Aggression Pact
The Non-Aggression Pact eliminated the danger of the Soviet invasion from the east. On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland and on September 3, Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Invasion of Poland
France and Britain pledged to support Poland if Germany invaded Poland. The Non-Aggression Pact eliminated the danger of a Soviet invasion from the east, but Germany still invaded Poland. -
Invasion of France
The major mistake the French military leaders made that led to the Fall of France was that they assumed the Maginot Line would stop the invasion of Germany. It did not stop them though, and France was overthrown. -
Battle of Britain
Churchill refused a peace settlement, so Hitler ordered bomb raids on Great Britain. They kept attacking them night after night, and this was known as Luftwaffe. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the US naval fleet in Hawaii because of embargo. About 8 battleships and more than 300 planes were destroyed. -
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was important to Stalin because Germany was trying to invade his city, so he had groups after groups of soldiers that defended Stalingrad. This went on for 6 months until the Soviets defeated the Germans. -
Normandy Invasion
General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Allied commander in Europe and led the D-Day invasion. 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on 5 beached along a 50 mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France' Normandy region for Allied liberation from the Nazi's control. -
V-E Day
A rush towards Berlin occurred in the spring of 1945, with the Germans fading fast. With the war in Germany over the Allies turned their focus on Japan. -
Atomic Bombing of Japan
Japan wouldn't surrender and claimed to fight to the last woman, man, and child.The US was forced to drop atomic bombs on Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki and 120,000 Japanese people died immediately. -
V-J Day
The Allies leadership met in several conference, and decided that Germany would be divided and occupied by Allied troops. After the bombings, Japan is put under control of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and V-J Day is announced.
