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Japanese invasion of Manchuria (Manchuko)
The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of WWII. -
Hitler made Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was appointed to be chancellor (legal official) of Germany by Presedent Hindenburg -
The Munich Pact
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. -
Kristallnacht
A program against Jews throughout Nazi Germany. Germany authorities didn't step in. -
Invasion of Poland
This is when Germany invaded Poland to begin the war -
Dunkirk
The evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor -
Bataan Death March
The march went from Mariveles, Bataan, to San Fernando, Pampanga. From San Fernando, survivors were loaded to a box train and they were brought to Camp O'Donnell in Capas, Tarlac. It killed thousands of people. -
Battle of Midway
The United State's Navy defeated an attack by Imperial Japanease Navy -
D-Day
This was the invasion of Normandy taking many lives. American and British troops faught to free France. It ended WWII -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard and became the costliest battle in terms of casualties for the United States, whose forces bore the brunt of the attack. It also severely depleted Germany's war-making resources. -
V E Day
"Victory in Europe Day" public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of WWII of Nazi Germany's surrender of its armed forces -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
This was a secret mission by the U.S. The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in wartime -
V J Day
"Victory over Japan Day" Japan surrendered. This officially ended WWII. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting of the heads of Government (US, UK, Soviet Union) for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization
