-
the time span Hitler was in control
-
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.
-
After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans.
-
This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.”
-
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.
-
The Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
-
6 million humans were killed
-
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.
-
A devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Just before 8 a.m.
-
approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.
-
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
-
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
-
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, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named the Argonaut Conference.
-
Victory in Europe Day
-
killed 75,000
-
Killed 150,000
