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The invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. -
Great Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany
The United Kingdom declared war on Germany—two days after the German invasion of Poland. France also declared war on Germany later the same day. -
The invasion of Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands & France
Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. Luxembourg was occupied that same day. The Netherlands surrendered on 15 May, Belgium on the 28th. -
The Battle & Great Escape at Dunkirk
The Allies had been losing the Battle of France on the Western Front and the now-renowned Battle of Dunkirk saw Allied forces defend and seek evacuation from Dunkirk as the German forces closed in. -
The Battle at Britain
during World War II, the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force -
Selective Service & Training Act
required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. -
Lend-Lease Assistance Act
Set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii -
America enters WWII
America's isolation from war when Japan staged a surprise attack on American military installations in the Pacific. The most devastating strike came at Pearl Harbor -
Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States
On December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. -
The Battle of The Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia. -
The Battle of Midway Island
The Japanese Combined Fleet under the command of Isoroku Yamamoto suffered a decisive defeat by the U.S. Pacific Fleet near Midway Atoll -
The Invasion of North Africa
Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa -
The Invasion of Sicily and Italy
The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily and took it from the Axis powers -
The D-Day Invasion of France
brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history. -
Nazi Concentration Camps Discovered
Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps including sub camps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe. -
V-J Day
the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. -
The Battle of The Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War -
The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
The Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
Over the next two to four months, the effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000 to 166,000 people in Hiroshima -
The Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
he bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and they remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.