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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria (Manchuko)
The Kwantung Army of the Japanese Empire invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. They established a puppet state, called Manchuko, and their occupation lasted until the end of WW2. -
Hitler Named Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg. This appointment was made in an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi Party “in check”; however, it would have disastrous results for Germany and the entire European continent. In the year and seven months that followed, Hitler was able to exploit the death of Hindenburg and combine the positions of chancellor and president into the position of Führer, the supreme leader of Germany. -
The Munich Pact
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to Munich after two days of tense discussions with Adolf Hitler. It was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers. -
Kristallnacht
It was a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria, carried out by SA paramilitary forces and non-Jewish civilians. German authorities looked on without intervening. The name Kristallnacht comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues had their windows smashed. -
Invasion of Poland
Germany and the Soviet Union invade Poland to mark the beginning of WW2. The campaign ended on 6 October 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland. -
Dunkirk
It was an important battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany. As part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Bataan Death March
It was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. Approximately 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination at Camp O'Donnell. -
Battle of Midway
The United States Navy (USN), under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo on Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet. It was Japan's first naval defeat since 1863. -
D-Day
It was a series of landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944. In planning, as for most Allied operations, the term D-Day was used for the day of the actual landing, which was dependent on final approval. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region in Belgium, France and Luxembourgon the Western Front toward the end of WW2. -
Yalta Conference
It was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. The conference convened in the Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea. -
V E Day
Public holliday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of WW2 of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It marked the end of WW2. -
Hiroshima Bombing
A uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped on Hiroshima killing around 90,000–166,000 people. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians. -
V J Day
Name chosen for the day the Japan surrendered and subequent anniveraries of that event. Applied to both August 14 and September 2 for both the announced surrender and the document declaring it.
