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Japan invades China
Japan invaded Manchuria killing a lot of chinese people -
The Holocaust
Mass murder of Jews and Gypsies -
Munich Conference
the conference was to discuss the future of the Sudetenland in the face of ethnic demands made byHitler -
Non-Agression Pact
A agreement between germany and russia for peace -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded poland to increase their country and take back the land they lost from WW1 -
Blitzkreg
Lighting war (air and land attacks at the same time) -
Battle of Britain
Bombing from germany that church hill named the battle of Britain -
Lend Lease Act
Roosevelts way to help with the war without really getting involved -
Operation Barbarossa
it was germanys code name to invade russia -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack in hawaii -
Wannsee Conference
conference to decide what to do with the jewish people -
Bataan Death March
It was a forced march by the japanese on american and philipeno prisioners -
Battle of Midway
The turning point of the war in the pacific -
Battle of Stalingrad
Turning point of the war in eastern europe when russia defeated germany and went of the offensive instead of the defensive -
D-Day
The invasion of normandy (Operation Overlord) -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle on the french boarder got its name becuase the line did not break and caused a dint or "buldge" hence the name -
Battle of Iwo Jima
One of the most important island hopping battles cause for the bombings of nagasaki and hiroshima -
Battle of Okinawa
another important island hopping battle leading to the reason for the bombings -
V-E Day
The war with germany ended after hitler killed himself and berlin fell -
The Bombing Of Hiroshima
use of the atomic bomb instead of invading the main land -
The Bombing of Nagasaki
Use of the atomic bomb instead of invading the mainland -
V-J Day
Japan surrenders and WW2 ends -
Warsaw Pact
agreement to help ease the probelms with the US and Russia (cold war)