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Japan invades Manchuria
Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. After the war, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo -
Night of the Long Knives
called Operation Hummingbird, was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany -
Italy invades Ethiopia
also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and those of the Ethiopian Empire -
Anschluss
refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany -
Kristallnacht
November Pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by SA paramilitary forces and civilians throughout Nazi Germany -
Appeasement (Chamberlain)
the policy of making concessions to the dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict, governed Anglo-French foreign policy during the 1930s. -
Non aggression pact
is a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other. -
Germany invades Poland
marked the beginning of World War II -
France surrenders to Germany
the French government signed an armistice with Nazi Germany just six weeks after the Nazis launched their invasion of Western Europe. -
Battle of Britain
a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe -
Final Solution
the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
it was a surprise preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu -
Battle of Midway
was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
Battle of Stalingrad
was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
D-Day
which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II -
Liberation of Auschwitz
the Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying -
marking the Allied victory in Europe
marking the Allied victory in Europe -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II
