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japan invades manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until Soviet Union and Mongolia launched the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation in 1945. They attaked Mukden because they claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army -
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Italy invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories. Mussolini followed this policy when he invaded Abyssinia the African country was on the horn of Africa. Mussolini claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from other colonial powers in Africa. Mussolini has turned Italy into a power to be reckoned with. -
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Olympic Games in Germany
known as the Games of the XI Olympiad. This was a international multi-sport event that was held in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler had built a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium, six gymnasiums, and many other smaller arenas. -
Germany takes the Sudetenland
Hitler promised Britain, Neville Chamberlain, that he would not invade Czechoslovakia if he were given control of the Sudetenland. Hitler marched into the Sudetenland, then Hitler demanded self-determination for all Germans. -
anschluss
This refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. Hitler ordered the Austrian Nazis to create havoc in Austria. This turned into an attempt to overthrow the government. -
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German invasion of Poland
This battle is known in Poland as the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive War. This is known in Germany as the Poland Campaign or Fall Weiss. Joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, the Free City of Danzig, started the War. -
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Battle of Britain
was a military campaign, the Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force. This has been described as the first major military fight entirely by air forces. There were large-scale night attacks known as the Blitz. The Germans were trying to compel Britain to agree to a negotiated peace settlement. -
Tripartite Pact signed
an agreement between Germany, Japan and Italy signed in Berlin. This was a defensive military alliance that was eventually joined by Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, Slovakia. -
Lend Lease Act
this is for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It allowed the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials to other nations. This brought the United States one step closer to being in the war. -
Four Freedoms Speech
Roosevelt insisted that people in all nations of the world shared Americans' entitlement to four freedoms. The four freedoms were the freedom of speech, the freedom to worship God, freedom from want and freedom from fear. -
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Germany attacks Soviet Union
the codename Operation "Barbarossa". from Nazi Germany's aims to take over the western Soviet Union so that it could be repopulated by Germans. -
Atlantic charter
This stated that the goals were, no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people, restoration of self-government to those deprived of it, reduction of trade restrictions, and freedom from fear and want. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill drafted the Atlantic Charter at the Atlantic Conference. -
Japan attacks on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War II. The base was attacked by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four sunk. All but the USS Arizona were later raised. -
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battle of midway
United States Navy defeated the Japanese attack against Midway, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre. The United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. -
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Casablanca Conference
this was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco. This was for planning the Allied European strategy for the next part of World War II. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill were there for this. -
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Tehran Conference
this was a strategy meeting held in the Soviet Union's embassy in Tehran. This was the first World War II conferences of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom. -
Battle of normandy
the largest invasion in history. Normandy is located on the northern coast of France. "D-Day" the first day of the invasion, invaders were able to establish a defended position on a beach as part of Operation Overlord. -
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battle of the bulge
was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. American forces had the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties of any operation. The battle also severely damaged Germany's armed forces. -
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Yalta Conference
known as the Crimea conference and the Argonaut Conference. The heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's reorganization. This was to shape a post-war peace that represented security. Within a few short years, with the Cold War dividing the continent, Yalta became a subject of intense disagreement. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army. This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the Pacific War. Because of heavy losses in the battle, It was useless to the us. -
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Battle of Okinawa
a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. 82-day battle, after a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Okinawa. It was going to be a base operations in the air for the invasion of the Japanese home islands. -
Germany surrenders
Germany finally surrenders ending the war. General Alfred Jodl, representing the German Command. May 8 was declared Victory in Europe Day, a holiday still celebrated by many European countries. -
us drops bomb on Hiroshima
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II. Almost 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, 35,000 are injured. The Allies called for the unconditional surrender of the Imperial Japanese armed forces. -
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Bombing of Nagasaki
Nagasaki suffered the same fate as Hiroshima. The last major act of World War ll and within days the Japanese had surrendered. Nagasaki was not America’s primary target. This was Kokura. The three targets for a second bomb were Kokura, Kyoto and Niigata. -
Official Japanese surrender
the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was about to happen. Together with the British Empire and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces.
