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Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland September 1, 1939 and defeats their army within weeks of the invasion. -
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World War II
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Germany's Blitzkrieg
Germany used this "Blitzkrieg" tactic against Poland in 1939 and continued to use it through out the Lightning War. Germany used this tactic against Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941). -
Operation Barbarossa
"Operation Barbarossa" was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, commencing on 22 June 1941. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Empire of Japan attacked the United States Naval Base in Oahu, Hawaii Sunday, December 7, 1941. This attack brought the United States into World War II -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials held in Berlin. The purpose of the conference was to ensure the cooperation od administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the final solution to the Jewish question, whereby most of the Jews of German-occupied Europe would be deported to Poland and murdered. -
Battle of Midway
Crcuial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Ocean, happened only 6 months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States Navy decisively defeated the fleet of the Imperoal Japanese Navy. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Act of Jewish resistance that rose up in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during WWII. This opposed Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining Ghetto population to Treblinka extermination camp. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah created one the largest firestorms raised by
The Royal Airforce and the United States Army Air Force in World War II, killing 42,600 civilians and wounding 37,000 in Hamburg and practically destroying the entire city. -
Allied invasion of Italy
Allied Forces landed on mainland Italy. The operation followed the successful invasion of Sicily.They aimed to take over Italy as a whole. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
D-Day was the largest seabourne invasion in history, the operation began the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, led to liberation of France from Nazi control. -
Operation Thunderclap
The code for a cancelled operation planned in August 1944. it was believed that it would have caused 220,000 casualities and 110,000 deaths. -
Battle of the Bulge
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. The attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
The largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II. It was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa. It lasted 82 days. -
VE Day
Public Holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Dropping of bomb on Hiroshima
A uranium gun-type bomb, called Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The last major act in World War II and the Japanese surrendered within the next few days. It was not Americs's primary target, this was Kokura. -
VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day)
The name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect, ending World War II.
