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Kristallnacht
Night of broken glass, germans broke into jewish stores and glass was thrown every where -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
The two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years -
Germany’s Invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From -
The Fall of France
The German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War -
Dunkirk
Battle of Dunkirk took place in Dunkirk, France, during the Second World War between the Allies and Germany -
The Battle of Britain
when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks from the end of June 1940. -
The Atlantic Charter
A joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 -
Pearl Harbor
The attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time.[14] The base was attacked by 353[15] Imperial Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. -
Battle of Coral Sea
a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia -
Battle of Midway
a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942 -
Operation Torch
The British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign -
The Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe -
Battle of Iwo Jima
a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 -
Hiroshima
The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Nagasaki
The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear bombs on this city. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war -
Nuremberg Trials
a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, which were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, and military
