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The Invasion ( Blitzkrieg) of Poland
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. -
Great British France Declare War on Nazi Germany
The guarantees given to Poland by Britain and France marked the end of the policy of appeasement. -
The Invasion (Blitzkrieg) of Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands & France
German military strategy involved invading the neutral Low Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) -
The Battle & Great Escape at Dunkin
The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost to British morale. -
The battle of Britain
It was one of Britain's most important victories of the Second World War because it showed Germany could be defeated, it allowed Britain to carry on fighting the war, -
Selective Service & Training Act
to provide our nation with a structure and a system of guidelines which will provide the most prompt, efficient , and equitable draft possible -
lend-Lease Assistance Act
Lend-Lease effectively ended the United States' pretense of neutrality which had been enshrined in the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s. It was a decisive step away from non-interventionist policy and toward open support for the Allies. -
The Attack on pearl Harbor
brought the United States into World War II, as it immediately declared war on Japan. -
America Enters World War ll
when Japan staged a surprise attack on American military installations in the Pacific. -
Germany and Italy Declare war on the United States
Italy declared war on the United States in response to the latter's declaration of war upon the Empire of Japan following the attack -
The Battle of Midway island
stopped the growth of Japan in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire -
the Invasion of North Africa
The battle for North Africa was primarily a struggle for control of the Suez Canal and access to oil from the Middle East and raw materials from Asia, but also an effort to drive Italy out of the war as a prelude to invasion of southern Europe and a planned bombing campaign against Germany. -
The Invasion of Sicily & Italy
it led directly to the fall of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and the surrender of the Italian government to the Allies. -
The D-Day Invasion of France
The war would not be over by Christmas. But D-Day had opened another major front, where the bulk of America's rapidly expanding army could at last be brought to bear. -
Nazi Concentration Camps Discovered
Nazi Germany and its allies established over 44000 concentration camps and incarceration sites during the Holocaust. -
The Yalta Conference
in exchange for potentially crucial Soviet participation in the Pacific theater, the Soviets would be granted a sphere of influence in Manchuria following -
V-E ( Victory in Europe) Day
to mark the end of World War II in Europe. -
The Atomic bombs on Hiroshima
The bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki in August 1945 brought an end to WW2, but what led to the decision to deploy these new weapons of mass destruction? -
The Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
The bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki with the Fat Man plutonium bomb device on August 9, 1945, caused terrible human devastation -
V-J ( victory over japan)
marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history -
The battle of the Bulge
marked the last German offense on the Western Front. -
The battle of the Coral Sea
. It was the world's first carrier-vs. -carrier battle, and the first naval battle in which neither side's ships sighted the others