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Kristallnacht
On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews. -
Germany Invades Poland
the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish garrison of the Westerplatte Fort, Danzig in what was to become the first military engagement of World War Two. -
Battle of Britain
Immediately after the defeat of France, Adolf Hitler ordered his generals to organize the invasion of Britain. -
Stalingrad
the German Army poured across the borders of the Soviet Union, initiating nearly 4 years of the most savage and brutal warfare humanity ever experienced. -
Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific. -
D-Day
Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gener -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
In late 1944, after extensive debate, Allied leaders elected to begin operations to liberate the Philippines. -
Iwo Jima
By 1944, America and her allies in the Pacific War had the ascendancy. In the west, the Japanese were being turned back in Burma and island hopping had isolated Japanese forces in the eastern sector. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay left the island of Tinian for Hiroshima, Japan.
