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The Japanese invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria for raw materials. Many countries, like the US, condemned Japan for its actions, but did not punish them.
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President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state.
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One of the two independent African countries, Ethiopia,was invaded by Benito Mussolini and Fascist Italy. Things like poisonous gas, aerial bombardment, flame throwers, and concentration camps were all used.
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The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was a non-agression agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union. It stated that the two countries would take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
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The agreement permitting Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland. Most of Europe celebrated the agreement, because it prevented the war threatened by Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland
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Kristallnacht(Night of broken glass) was the night when nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. Some 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps.
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Germany invaded Poland, marking the beginning of the second world war. Britain and France then declared war two days later, and Warsaw surrendered on the 27th of September.
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The German invasion of France the low countries, that resulted in German victory. Becoming known as the miracle of Dunkirk, around 338,000 of British and other allied troops were evacuated from Dunkirk to England with the closing in German forces.
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The battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air force. This battle marked the first defeat of Hitler's military forces.
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Pearl harbor is a US naval base that was devastated by a surprise attack by the Japanese. Following the attack, the US entered the war among the side of the allies.
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The forcible transfer of American and Filipino POW's by Japanese imperial forces where they were loaded onto trains. This is known as important because it stands as a symbol of Japanese brutality.
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A US surprise attack on a large Japanese fleet in the area. The battle managed to equalize the powers between the US and the Japanese.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was the successful Soviet defense of Stalingrad from German forces. It is known as the turning point in the war in favor of the allies.
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D-day was the largest amphibious invasion in history when the allied powers attacked German positions at Normandy. This resulted in an allied victory and German forces retreating to Paris.
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The Battle of the Bulge was the last German offensive campaign on the western front. Hitler's goal was to split the allies on their way to Germany.
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The Yalta conference was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. Germany was divided into four sections for each ally.
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A pacific battle the resulted in the a large number of casualties for both sides, (around 100,000 Japanese and 50,000 allies). It is known as one of the bloodiest battles in the pacific.
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The day celebrating the formal acceptance by allies of Germany's unconditional surrender. While the war in Europe was over, fighting against Japan was still going on.
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The US dropped the world's first two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was soon followed by the surrender of Japan and the end of the war.
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Victory over Japan day is the day that Japan surrendered in the war, leading to the end of fighting in the pacific. This marked the end of the war with Japan and WW2
