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Invasion Of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. After the war, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Hitler took power during the great depression in Germany. His rise to power can be contributed to his strong and influential speaking made it seem like he could get Germany out of their debt -
Non aggressio Pact
The German-Polish non-aggression pact was a treaty that was created between the Second Polish republic and Nazi Germany. This international treaty was signed on January 26, 1934. It stipulated the agreement of both countries to put an end to their problems by creating bilateral negotiations. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Ethiopia was one of the only two independent African nations at the time, was invaded on Oct. 3, 1935 by Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians committed countless atrocities on the independent African state. Poisonous gas, aerial bombardment, flame throwers, and concentration camps were all employed. -
The Munich Conference
Hitler had previously started rearming Germany in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, reoccupied the Rhineland in 1936 and annexed Austria in 1938. He was now determined to seize the Sudetenland, which was in Czechoslovakia but had a substantial German population and important industrial resources. -
Kristallnacht
On November 9th-10th of 1938 an incident known as “Kristallnacht”, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Invasion Of Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded after heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany -
Invasion of France
Dunkirk is a small town on the coast of France that was the scene of a massive military campaign during World War II. During the Battle of Dunkirk from May 26 to June 4, 1940, some 338,000 British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops were evacuated from Dunkirk to England as German forces closed in on them. -
Battle of Britain
Germany launched massive air attacks on the UK and they sent out the Royal Air Force to defend them. After the battle Britain's Air Force won -
Pearl Harbour Bombing
The bombing of Pearl Harbour was a large air raide from the Japanese on the americans. They bombed a military naval base at honolulu. -
Bataan death March
After the April 9, 1942 U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during WWII, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Battle of Midway
he Battle of Midway was an epic clash between the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Navy that played out six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy’s decisive victory in the air-sea battle and its successful defense of the major base located at Midway Island dashed Japan’s hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of stalingrad is significant because it marked the end of Germany's advance in the east. And the first defeat of the nazis -
D Day
This battle was the largest amphibious attack from the allies. Marks the beginning of the campaign in Europe -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle of the Bulge was hitler's last offensive attack against the americans. One of the greatest american victories. -
Yalta conference
A meeting between the three leaders of the allied powers.They met to discuss the fate of the defeated countries of WWII -
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Aka, Death at Japan's Doorstep. In 1945, US forces bounded forward in the central Pacific as combat reached ever bloodier, On Iwo Jima Marines achieved a costly victory as they grappled with tenacious Japanese defenders dug into the island's volcanic terrain. -
V E day
The last day of fighting in Europe. Germany surrendered and the war turned to Japan. -
Atomic Bombings of Japan
The US dropped two atomic bombs on japan. This plan was so that the US didn't have to send ground forces on japanese Soil -
V J day
V J day is the day that Japan announced their surrendering. This is significant because it marked the end of WWII
