-
Period: to
Hitler’s Control
the time span Hitler was in control -
Germany taking over Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
Invasion of Poland
After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans. -
Neutrality Act of 1939
This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” -
Fall of France
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. -
Battle of Britain
The Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. -
Period: to
The Holocaust
6 million humans were killed -
Pearl Harbor
On that Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack. -
Pearl Harbor
A devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Just before 8 a.m. -
Bataan Death March
approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Period: to
Battle of Midway Island
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named the Argonaut Conference. -
v-e day
Victory in Europe Day -
atomic bomb of Nagasaki
killed 75,000 -
atomic bomb of Hiroshima
Killed 150,000
