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Holocaust
The Holocaust started in 1933 and was a time where German authorities targeted other racial groups, mainly Jewish, and tortured, persecuted, killed them for their racial inferiority. -
Night of The Long Knives
The night where Hitler feared that the paramilitary was becoming too strong, therefore he sent his soldiers to kill the organization's leaders and any other opponents of Hitler -
Germany Invades Poland
On this day Germany attacked Poland from land and sea, their goal was to regain lost land and to overtake Poland -
Stalin Attacks Finland
The Russian army crosses the Finnish border with over 400,00 men, attacking them with great manpower due to the fact that they were celebrating the 70th anniversary of the winter war against them. -
Germany Attacks France
The French government was seeking aid from the US and Great Britan, though the German forces came on October 10th in tanks, but 2 million French citizens had already fled -
Winston Churchill Becomes Prime Minister of Britain
Churchill stated that he would bring peace in their time during the election, which lead to him receiving more votes due to their situation with Germany, and eventually winning the vote -
Battle of Britain
In June of 1940, German and British air forces fought over the skies of the UK, causing the biggest bombing campaign of the decade -
Lend-Lease Act
Was the act that was passed for the US to provide more military aid to foreign countries during WW2 -
Hitler Takes Over Balkans
Hitler gave orders to German forces to invade Yugoslavia and Greece, to be able to secure Germanys Balkan flank for operation Barbossa -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Their code name for this was named Operation Barbossa, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union in the largest German military operation fo WW2 -
Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
The attack was in a naval base in Hawaii, it was a surprise attack on the US by the Japanese, even though we were trying to make peace with them, more than 2,400 people died in the attack -
Battle of Stalingrad
It was the Soviets defense for the city of Stalingrad during WW2, it stopped German forces to advance into the Soviet Union and was one of the bloodiest battles in history with a death count of 2 million -
Japanese Internment Camps
After Pearl Harbor, it was US policy that anyone of Japanese descent would be in isolated camps and was considered one of the worst violation of American civil rights in the 20th century -
Battle of Midway
The US won against the Japanese due to knowing their plan and being able to counter their attack, it was an important turning point in the Pacific campaign and allowed the US to move to offense position -
Guadalcanal
Japanese were stationed on the Soloman Islands while the US launched a surprise attack, and had to surrender in Feb 1943 due to too many casualties -
Battle of El Alamein
A Battle between German and British forces, and marked the culmination of the North African campaign when the British took the win -
Tehran Conference
It was a conference between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran, Iran, discussing their military strategies and other important things about post WW2 -
D-Day
Day where Allied forces took over Northern France, and resulted in Westerns Europes freedom from Nazi Germanys control, it was also called the Battle of Normandy -
Yalta Conference
This conference was the second meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, they talked about the demand of Germany's surrender and a post-war world -
F.D.R's Death
F.D.R died in Warm Springs GA, after a very severe stroke -
Mussolini's Assassination
Him and his wife were killed by Italian partisans at the picturesque Lake Como, even though he tried to disguise himself, it did not work -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler committed suicide by first eating a cyanide capsule and proceeded to shoot himself with a pistol and died on April 30th -
Potsdam Conference
It was one of the last big meetings including American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, they talked about the German economy and how to punish them for the war and other post-war topics -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
America deployed one of the worlds first atomic bomb over Hiroshima and then three days later on Nagasaki, this lead to tens of thousands of deaths and Japans surrender in WW2 -
MacArthur's Plan For Japan
Was when MacArthur declared the allied occupation of Japan at the end of WW2 -
Formation of The U.N.
The United Nations was made to make better means of judging international conflict and negotiating peace -
Nuremberg Trials
They were a series of 13 trials held against Germany, and they were held for crimes against humanity, and were a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court -
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of political tension after World War II -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a plan for Americans to be able to aid Western Europe and to help them rebuild and help in economic assistance after WW2 -
Berlin's Airlift
The Russin wanted Berlin for themselves, so they closed all ports from Berlins thinking this would drive Britain France and the US out of the city hower instead they supplied their sections for their city from the air, and was named the Berlin Airlift -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was created to lessen stemming of mass defections from East to West, however, it was taken down on Nov 9th, when German Communist Party said that citizens could be freed -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis included leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union in a tense 13-day military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, which lead to many people to be in a state of fear, but ended when the US agreed not to invade Cuba if they didn't launch any missiles
