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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria- when the Kwantung Army of Japan invaded Manchuria following the Mukden Incident- date- september 18th, 1931-Feb 27, 1932 -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia, referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war from 3 October 1935 to 1939 between the forces of the Kingdom of Italy and those of Ethiopia- date- October 1935 – May 1936 -
Olympics in Germany
Summer Olympics held in Berlin before the rest of the world realized Germany was a trash nation. -
Germany takes the Sudetenland
The Sudeten crisis of 1938 was provoked by the Pan-Germanist demands of Nazi Germany that the Sudetenland be annexed to Germany. -
Anschluss
Anschluss- refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The word's German spelling, until the German orthography reform of 1996, was Anschluß - dates- March 12, 1938 -
Germany invasion of Poland
German invasion of Poland- known in Poland as the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive War, and in Germany as the Poland Campaign or Fall Weiss, was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany- Dates- Sep 1, 1939 – Oct 6, 1939 -
Battle Of Britain
a military campaign of the Second World War where the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large attacks by the German Air Force -
Tripartite Pact signed
The Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. -
Four Freedoms Speech
Roosevelt insisted that people in all nations of the world shared Americans' entitlement to four freedoms. -
Lend Lease Act
A program under which the United States supplied Free France, the United Kingdom, the Republic of China, and later the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel. -
Germany attacks Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued during World War II on 14 August 1941, which defined the Allied goals for the postwar world. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor- The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory- date- December 7, 1941 -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway- decisive naval battle in the Pacific of World War II which happened between 4 and 7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor - Jun 4, 1942 – Jun 7, 1942 -
Casablanca Conference
Held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II -
Tehran Conference
A strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. -
Normandy Landing
Allies launched the largest invasion of the entire war, goal was to liberate France and from there all of Europe. Landed on the beaches of France. Also known as D-Day. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge- The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II-dates- Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945 -
Yalta Conference
A meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945. -
Iwo Jima
Battle of Iwo Jima- was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.- dates- Feb 19, 1945 – Mar 26, 1945 -
Battle of Okinawa
Codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against Imperial Japan, dates- Apr 1, 1945 – Jun 22, 1945 -
Germany surrenders
Germany officially surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict in World War II. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
US drops bomb on Hiroshima- The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II- date- August 6th, 1945 -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The follow up Atomic detonation after Japan didn't get the memo from Hiroshima. -
Japanese Surrender
Japan got more than they bargained for and got slayed. They realized they were no match for U.S. firepower and were far more inferior so they surrendered.
