An incredible 6 week invasion of Low Countries which came with encirclement and defeat of allied forces

A humiliating defeat for the British and French Allied forces as well as a show of strength of the German military

A devastating surprise attack made by the Japanese that left 2,400 dead

Nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships were destroyed or damaged.

After this attack, a decision was made by the president Franklin D. Roosevelt to join WWII

The successful Soviet defense of Stalingrad

Capture of the vital 6th Panzer army

Marked the Turning point of the war in favor of the allies

A brutal introduction to the capabilities of blitzkrieg(lightning war)

Introduction to the SS "Death's Head" regiments which terrorized the populace

Marked the beginning of WWII

The culmination of some of the greatest minds in history, Enrico Fermi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe.

The creation of the worlds most destructive weapon in history.

Laid the groundwork for the development of peaceful nuclear innovations, including nuclear power.

Destroyed 139 tanks in his career

Known most famously known for his attack on Villers-Bocage

Died in an ambush made by the Allies in Falaise Pocket

The complete encirclement and capture of the German capital, Berlin

As the Soviets slowly marched towards Hitler, holed up in his bunker, he committed suicide, the end of a dictator

The battle that would later lead to the surrender of the Nazi Empire

The surrender of the last Axis Power.

The end of the greatest global conflict in history.

Sent thousands of Jews, and P.O.W.'s to their deaths in concentration camps

Horrible treatment and conditions within these concentration camps.

By the time the Allies had freed the camps more than 6 million in Jew alone had died to the concentration camps

While attempting to make new clear plastic iron sights for soldiers in WWII researchers at Eastman Kodak Co. accidently came across a new compound

The compound in question would later be revisited and given a new purpose as Super Glue, invented by Dr. Harry Wesley Cooper.