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the holocaust
the holocaust wa a genocide in which 6 million European jewswere killed by adolf hitlers Nazis -
germany invades poland
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. -
stalin attacks finland
During Joseph Stalin's rule, Soviet propaganda painted Finland's leadership as a "vicious and reactionary Fascist clique". -
germany attacks france
germay attacked in the west. they thought that Germany would attack though Belgium like they had in WWI. -
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
In 1940 Winston Churchill led Britain at a time of immense crisis -
battle of britain
the battle of Britain was a military campaign of the second world war. the roya air force defended the united kingdom against the german air force -
lend lease act
the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
hitler takes over the balkans
On 20 May 1941, German paratroopers were dropped over the airfields of northern Crete to occupy the island. -
german blitzkrieg on soviet union
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 -
bombing of pearl harbor
the attack was a surprise military strike by the imperial Japanese navy air service against the u.s naval base at pearl harbor Hawaii -
japanese internment camps
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the western interior of the country -
battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
guadalcanal
codenamed Operation Watchtower, originally applying only to an operation to take the island of Tulagi by Allied forces -
battle of el alamein
Battle of El Alamein was a decisive battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. -
battle of stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
tehran conference
the Tehran conference was a strategy meeting of joseph stalin, franklin d Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill -
d day
On June 6, 1944, the Allies invade Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history. -
cold war
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc. Wikipedia -
yalta conference
the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union -
F.D.R's death
political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. -
Mussolini's assassination
The death of Benito Mussolini, the deposed Italian fascist dictator, occurred on 28 April 1945 -
hitlers suicide
Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol, on this day in 1945 -
Potsdam conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. -
atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States, at the order of President Harry S. Truman, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945 -
formation of the u.n
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. -
nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II -
marshall plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild -
berlin airlift
one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
mcarthurs plan for japan
The Allied occupation of Japan at the end of World War II was led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, with support from the British Commonwealth. -
berlin wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 -
Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union
