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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria, beginning hostilities in the Far East. -
Nazi part takes control
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany and the Nazi party takes control of Germany's government. The first permanent concentration camp, Dachau, is established. -
Nazi Germany Invades Poland, Starting World War II
Nazi Germany invaded Poland, the act that started World War II. -
Rationing in World War Two
Rationing of food and other goods during World War Two changed the social landscape of Britain for a generation, creating a national culture of ingenuity, austerity and making-do. -
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
The government was in disarray as Winston Churchill became PM and, on the continent, Germany ended the Phoney War by invading the Low Countries. -
British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.
The government was in disarray as Winston Churchill became PM and, on the continent, Germany ended the Phoney War by invading the Low Countries. -
Battle of Stalingrad
German offensive was launched around the approaches to Stalingrad. Only be described as a nine-month titanic battle, with the result that the German Sixth Army in Russia was almost completely destroyed. That was the beginning of the end for Germany, but it took three more years of desperate fighting, and millions and millions of people dead before it was all over. -
Barbarossa
While the bombing of British and German cities continued, and the gas chambers at Auschwitz were put to use, Hitler invaded Russia . -
Air Raid on Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. -
Battle of Los Angeles
subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late 24 February to early 25 February 1942 over Los Angeles, California. -
Battle of Midway
Following the attack on Peal Harbor, Japanese armies rolled over Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and the East Indies. The war in the Pacific was fought on land, at sea, and in the air. The turning point in the war in the Pacific came in June, 1942 at the Battle of Midway.the U.S. destroyed hundreds of Japanese planes and regained control of the Pacific. -
D-Day
General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered. -
The Holocaust
the Nazi policy to murder the Jews of Europe. -
Victory in Europe
Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
dropping bombs. -
The Cold War Expands
the balance of power between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
changed forever.
