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Japan Invades China
On September 19, 1931, the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria after the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established Manchukuo, a puppet country, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
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The Holocaust
During the period 1941–45, there was mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime. Over 6 million Jews, gypsies, and other groups were murdered at concentration camps. -
Munich Conference
After a series of negotiations, The Munich Conference formed. Adolf Hitler demanded the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, and the British prime minister Neville Chamberlain tried to talk him out of it. -
Non-Aggression Pact
A contract between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of World War II. It divided eastern Europe into German and Soviets spheres of influence. -
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Germany Invades Poland
German forces bombarded Poland on land and air. Adolf Hitler seeked to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland, which caused World War II to begin. This is what would be later called the "blitzkrieg" strategy. -
Battle of Britain
This battle was German air force's attempt to gain superiority over the RAF. One of the turning points of World War II was their failure, and it also prevented Germany from invading Britain. -
The Blitzkrieg Strategy
Germany quickly conquered most of Europe and was continuously victorious for over two years by using a strategy called the "Blitzkrieg". The strategy required the focus of offensive weapons in the front lines.. -
Lend-Lease Act
It was created to provide US military aid to foreign nations during World War II. Major countries such as Britain, China, the Soviet Union, Brazil, and many other countries received weapons with this law. -
Operation Barbarossa
Was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. German military and intended to wage war against the Communist state, as well as the Jews in the Soviet Union for "racial bases". -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a military ambush organized by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of Nazi senior officials held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. The purpose of the conference was to decide what to do with Jewish people. Most of the Jews of Europe eventually were deported to Poland to be murdered. -
Bataan Death March
In December 1941, The Japanese attacked the Philippines, their intentions on capturing Americans and Phillipines. When American and Phillipines surrendered, they were led through a march, the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Midway
Six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy, causing massive irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet. -
Battle of Stalingrad
It was a major battle of WWII where Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for the city Stalingrad in the south-western Soviet Union. It was arguably one of the most strategically decisive battle of the war, and was a turning point for Europe in WWII. -
D-Day
Codenamed Operation Neptune, D-Day was the landing of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history, and it began the invasion of Western Europe. What's more is that it also led to the restoration of the French Republic, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war. -
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Battle of the Bulge
It was as a major German war launched through the Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France, on the Western Front toward the end of World War II. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle where the US Armed Forces fought for the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire, and eventually captured it. -
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Battle of Okinawa
Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the Battle of Okinawa was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa. It was largest attack of WWII, and the battle lasted from April to June 1945. -
The Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The US dropped an atomic bomb named Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan, and then another bombed named Fat Man was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. These two bombs were the only nuclear weapons ever used during WWII. -
V-J Day
"Victory over Japan Day", the name for the day that Japan surrendered. The term has been applied to both of when the announcement of Japan’s surrender was made in Japan, and, because of time zone differences, it was officially announced in the United States and the rest of the signing of the surrender document, officially ending WWII. -
V-E Day
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Warsaw Pact
It was as a defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe that were in existence during the Cold War.