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Invasion of Manchuria
This invasion lasted from September 18th, 1931 to February 26th, 1932. This invasion is where the Japanese invaded Manchuria to gain more territories for themselves. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler became Chancellor because the Germans wanted to have new leadership that would boost their economy. Hitler and his Nazi party promised to change German for the better, so he got put in the seat of power. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. Mussolini followed this policy when he invaded Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). -
Munich Conference
The leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. This was used as appeasement towards Germany to prevent future issues. -
Kristallnacht
German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. The name Kristallnacht refers to the litter of broken glass left in the streets afterwards. -
Invasion of Poland
This was when Britain and France declared war on Germany. Germany invaded Poland, After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. -
non-aggression pact
Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. This was a secret alliance. -
Invasion of France
German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front. France had to surrender. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. -
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies. -
Normandy Invasion
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944. The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day or V-E Day, was celebrated on Tuesday, 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It marked the end of the war. -
Atomic Bombings of Japan
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. They thought the U.S. had more atomic bombs to drop.
