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Invasion of China
The war began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which made a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops became a war. During the war, the government was affected by the war. It had lost the industrial and financial base in China. -
Nanking Massacre
The Nanking Massacre was the event which caused 300,000 Chinese died in that murder. The Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing murdered people who lived there. Some Japanese still refused that they did not do that to China nowadays. -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler, the German leader, wanted to get the control of Czechoslovakia, which was an important city that time. However, this city belonged to Great Britain and France, but they did not want to start the war with Germany, so they signed the Munich Agreement which gave the control of the land of Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Blitzkrieg
"Blitzkrieg" is a German term for "lightning war". It was a strategy of the war which could end the war quickly. Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons along the front. -
Phony War
The Phony War described an eight-month period at the start of the World War II. During that time, there wasn't any fight between each countries. -
Battle of Britain
In 1940, the Germany and British air forces fought each other in the skies over the United Kingdom. It was a significant turning point of WWII. Germany was defeated in this war and lost almost 2000 air crafts. For Germany, the result of losing the fight was huge. They needed more time to recovert their resources. -
Battle of France
The collapse of France was just six weeks after Hitler's first assault. Hitler was eager to keep fighting after his victory over Poland, however, the bad weather forced the plan to be postponed. But when the chance came, Hitler stated the attack on Belgium. -
Rescue at Dunkirk
The British soldiers were helping French fighting with Germany, however, the front line of France collapsed, then British Government tried to evacuate those soldiers from fights. The British government had decided to launch Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British soldiers by sea from Dunkirk. It was a miracle, -
War in Balkans
The war in Balkans started with the Italian invasion of Greece. Then the invasion of Yugoslavia was stated. The invading Axis power occupied the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. At that time, Hitler was planning to invade Greece and Yugoslavia, and both fall within days since Nazis use their Blitzkrieg stretegy. -
Hitler attacks Russia - Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the name for the Nazi's invasion of Russia, which was called the Soviet Union. German forces occupied some of the most important areas of the Soviet Union in this fight, however, the Red Army forces attacked unprepared Germany after they achieved victory, the Red Army forced Germany into a war of attrition. Germany lost this war, the failure of Operation Barbarossa made Hitler decided to get more limited scope inside the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a U.S. naval base near Hawaii. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor surprisingly, the attack destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 air crafts, about 1000 people were killed in that unpredicted attack. The U.S. hasn't even joined the World War II that time. -
U.S. Enters WWII
After the attack on the Pearl Harbor, the U.S. declared the war on Japan, which was the American first step of entering WWII. -
The Pacific War
The Pacific War was a series of war which was fought in the Pacific and Asia. After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan won a long series of wars. The Guam and Wake Island fell to the Japanese, in 1942, Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Hong Kong, Singapore were all occupied by Japan. The turning point in the Pacific war was that the American naval victory in the war against Japanese. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein marked the climax of the North African campaign between the British forces and German-Italian army. The battle took place near the Egyptian, El Alamein. The Allies forces achieved victory in the Battle of El Alamein, which causes Axis forces lost with 9000 soldiers dead. -
Invasion of Italy
In 1943, Allies invade Italian mainland. On July 10, 1943, the Allies began their invasion of Axis' lands. The Allied conquest Sicily first. Sicily was a region of the kingdom of Italy, led to the collapse of Mussolini's government. -
Italy Surrenders
Italy's surrenders announced on September 3, 1943. Italy has signed an armistice with the Allies. -
D-Day
D-Day represents the Normandy landings. It was the largest invasion from the sea in history. This war resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Germany's control. It prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his Eastern Front against the Soviets. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last German offensive battle. Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies by using a surprise blitzkrieg. Germany achieved some successes in the early fights with Allied armies, however, after that the Allies pressed their advantage to defeated Germany. The losses of German were critical, Germany lost their last reserves. -
German Surrender
Germany declared their surrender on May 4, 1945, brought an end to the European conflict in WWII. -
V.E. Day
On May 9, 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate their Victory in Europe Day. -
Atomic bomb dropped in Japan
The United States became the first and the only nation to use atomic weapons during wartime. As the return of the assault on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, one was dropped on Hiroshima and another one was dropped on Nagasaki. The objective of doing that was to end the war between the U.S. and Japan in a sudden. -
VJ Day
Following the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, Japan announced that they had surrendered to the Allies. The VJ day represents the Victoryover Japan Day.
