Rhineland remilitarized

WWII AP European History

  • Rhineland Remilitarization

    Rhineland Remilitarization
    Adolf Hitler mobilizes the German military and retakes the lost land around the Rhine River. British Chamberlin adopts a policy of appeasement to avoid war. Churchill viciously disagreed with this act of appeasement.
  • Poland Invaded

    Poland Invaded
    Nazi Germany invades Poland and successfuly annexes Poland into the Third Reich.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan preemptivly bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawwaii to weaken the United States' active Navy. This draws the United States into the war.
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad
    Nazi Germany conducted a massive assault upon the Soviet city of Stalingrad resulting in catastrophic losses on both sides with the USSR victorious.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The allies comence the largest amphibious assault in history along the coast of Normandy, France in order to liberate the country.
  • Operation Valkyrie

    Operation Valkyrie
    Some members of the Nazi Government comenced an unsuccessful assassination plot against Hitler in an atempt to initiate a lophole within a signed document that would give political power to another political party.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge
    Adolf Hitler's and Nazi Germany's final major offensive against the Allied Powers. Nazi Germany planned to seperate the American and British armies and then encircle and eliminate them forcing the Allies to negotiate on the Third Reich's terms.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    Victory-Europe Day signified the end of World War Two in European countries. Adolf Hitler commited suicide and Germany surrendered.
  • Japanese Cities Bombed

    Japanese Cities Bombed
    The United States of America conducts atomic bombing runs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an atempt to end the Pacific War Theater.
  • Bombing of Japanese Cities

    The United States of America conducts atomic bombing runs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an atempt to end the war.
  • Japanese Empire Surrenders

    Japanese Empire Surrenders
    Japan formally surrenders at the signing on the deck of the USS Missouri and World War Two hostilities finally end.