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Invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 19 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
President Paul von Hindenburg had already appointed Hitler as Chancellor after a series of parliamentary elections and associated backroom intrigues. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
a border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland that December gave Benito Mussolini an excuse to intervene. Rejecting all arbitration offers, the Italians invaded Ethiopia. -
Invasion of Poland
an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War II. German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west the morning after the Gleiwitz incident. -
Munich Conference
Conference held in Munich during which the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht
also called Night of Broken Glass is when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. The name Kristallnacht refers to the broken glass left in the streets after these pogroms. -
Non-Aggression 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. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
Normandy Invasion
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion 6in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France. The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord after a successful "D-Day," the first day of the invasion. -
V-E day
victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day or V-E Day to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
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. -
V-J 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. This ended the war in the Pacific and allowed the US to help in Europe
