1923

Hitler tries to overthrow government and goes to prison

1931

Japan invades Manchuria

1933

Adolf Hitler is appointed German leader

1938

Germany, Great Britain and France sign Munich Agreement
Night of Broken Glass - Jewish synagogues and shops are destroyed

1939

Germany invades Poland. World War II begins

1940

Germany invades the Low Countries and France
Battle of Britain begins

1941

Operation Barbarossa - invasion of the Soviet Union - starts
Japanese attack on Pearl Habour Naval Base

1942

Battle of Stalingrad
Wansee Conference - Nazi leaders agree on the Final Solution

1944

D-Day - Normandy Invasion
Attempt to assassinate Hitler fails

1945

Yalta Conference - Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet
Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
Germany surrenders
Atomic bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nuremberg war trials begin




Words

  • agreement = when two or more countries promise to do something
  • appoint = choose as
  • assassinate = murder an important person 
  • attack = to use weapons against an enemy in a war
  • attempt = try
  • battle = single fight in a war
  • commit suicide = to kill yourself
  • invade = to enter a country with an army
  • overthrow = to get rid of the old government and set up a new one
  • prison = place where you are kept if you have done something illegal
  • sign = to put your name on a document
  • surrender = give up
  • synagogue = place where Jewish people go to pray
  • trial = a judge and a jury decide if someone is guilty or not