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Japan invades China
The Kwantang army from Japan killed millions of chinese while evading them. Japanese establshed a puppet state called Manchuria. -
Holocaust
Hitler imprisoned many of Jewish people just because he did not like them. Many of Jews died. Up to 11 million were killed. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, excluding the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of World War II and which divided eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence. -
Germany invades Poland
Poland was attacked by Germany on September 1st 1939. The German attack was code-named Operation White (Fall Weiss). The attack on Poland started at 04.45 hours when blitzkrieg tore through the Polish military and by the end of the month Poland had surrendered to the Germans and the country was occupied. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
Lend-Lease Act
During World War II, the United States began to provide significant military supplies and other assistance to the Allies in September 1940, even though the United States did not enter the war until December 1941. -
Operation Barbarossa
Code name for Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII. Over the course of the operation, about 4 million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded Soviet Russia. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States -
Bataan Death March
Was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Between June 4th and June 7th 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States defeated Imperial Japanese Navy. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle in WWII in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
Blitzkreig
Describing a method of warfare whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, and heavily backed up by close air support. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII. -
Battle of Okinawa
Was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day is a public celebration over Europe. -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. -
V-J Day
On August 15, 1945, news of the Japan surrendering was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. -
Warsaw Pact
was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries.