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Japan invades Manchuria
The Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria. This attack was the japanese attempt to gain control over the whole province and eventually all of East Asia. -
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Olympic games in Germany
The Olympic games of 1936 was held in Germany and used by the Nazis for propaganda which resulted in the first ever boycott of the Olympic games by many countries including the U.S. The main reason for the boycott were for human rights abuse. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
The leader of Italy,Benito Mussolini, invaded Ethiopia in order to boost Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa. Another reason for the invasion was to provide land for unemployed Italians and get more natural resources to fight off the effects of the Great Depression. -
Germany takes Sudetenland
After the Anschluss of Austria, Nazi Germany wanted to conquest Czechoslovakia next. They began with the annexation of Czechoslovakiaś western and northern borders known as Sudetenland. -
Anchluss
Austria was peacefully annexed into Nazi Germany. -
German invasion of Poland
At 4:45 a.m. German troops invade Poland. All at once, Germany bombs Polish airfields, and German warships attack Polish naval forces. France and Great Britain were not to pleased and declared war three days later. -
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Battle of Britain
German and British air forces were fighting over the United Kingdom in the summer of 1940. This was a major turning point in the war because, Britain ended Germany's Luftwaffe failed to gain control over the Royal Air Force. Britain victory saved the country from ground invasion. -
tripartite pact
In 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan began allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. This pact provide an agreement for assistance if any of them would suffer an attack by an nation nor already involved in the war. -
Lend Lease Act
The lend lease act was passed in march 1941 to aid britain by sending supplies in order to help the allies but to keep the U.S. from overextending in battle. -
Four Freedoms Speech
a speech given by FDR establishing the four freedoms, speech, worship, want, fear. -
Germany Attacks Soviet Union
Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941.The Soviet Union was destroyed by military Force and this lead the the permanent elimination of the Communist threat to Germany, and the seizure of the prime land within Soviet borders for long- term German settlement. -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Early on a Sunday morning in Honolulu Hawaii, hundreds of Japanese planes descend on a U.S. naval base and destroy 20 naval vessels and over 300 airplanes. 2,400 American people died that day, including civilians. The next day, President Roosevelt declared war. -
Atlantic Charter
United States and Great Britain made a joint agreement to defeat germany. -
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Battle of Midway
The Japanese planned to attack Midway and capture it to use it for an advance base that would protect them in the Pacific. They knew U.S. would protect it no matter what, sending all available resources. But the U.S. already knew about the attack, and was ready to send three aircraft carriers and supporting force of ships. -
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Casablanca Conference
This was a conference between the allies in order to make a plan of strategy for the next phase of ww2 -
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Tehran conference
This was a meeting between the Allied forces. They discussed opening a second front in the western Europe. Stalin agreed to an eastern offensive to coincide with the forthcoming Western front. -
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Battle of Normandy
The Allies launched a plan to invade Normandy. This invasion started with overnight air attacks and naval bombardments. In the morning some landed on five beaches. During the night the rest of the troops landed to fight. -
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Battle of Bulge
This was a surprise attack and it caught the Allied forces. American units fought desperate to keep the Germans from advancing. The germans tried to secure the bridgeheads, the allied line looked like a large bulge. They fought off German counteroffensives but unfortunately, the U.S. Army suffered over 100,000 casualties. -
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Yalta conference
This was the second meeting between the Allied forces. During this meeting, the leaders agreed to demand Germanyś unconditional surrender and began plans for post-world war. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
American invasion of Iwo Jima was because they needed an base near the Japanese coast. This plan included air and naval bombardment, and three U.S. marine divisions. The Japanese army put up a good defense but, the marines eventually wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting. -
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Battle of Okinawa
This battle was the last major battle of WWII and was one of the bloodiest. On Easter Sunday, The Navyś Fifth Fleet and 180,000 U.S. Army and Marine troops landed in the island on Okinawa for the final push towards Japan. This battle had major losses on both sides. The Japanese lost 110,000 soldiers and the U.S. lost 49,000 troops. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrenders bringing an end the the European conflict. -
Offical surrender of Japan
On the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies. This brought an end to World War II. -
US drops bomb on Hiroshima
America dropped a five-ton bomb on Japanese city of Hiroshima. This immediately killed 80,000 people and thousands more died in the following weeks. Three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. This resulted into 40,000 more deaths. -
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Bombing of Nagasaki
A few days after hiroshima the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the city of nagasaki
