The History of the Twentieth Century
For India, like Australia, the entry of Japan into the war meant it was no longer a distant, European struggle. By May 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army was at the Indian border.
info_outline 359 Order 9066The History of the Twentieth Century
In 1942, many Americans feared a Japanese invasion of the West Coast of the US or Canada was imminent. Regrettably, these fears led to the belief--unsupported by facts--that the ethnic Japanese population on the West Coast represented a dangerous fifth column of potential spies and saboteurs.
info_outline 358 The Wannsee ConferenceThe History of the Twentieth Century
Sometime in the autumn of 1941, a decision was made among the Nazi elite to murder every Jewish person in Europe--or within reach, anyway. No record exists of how that decision was made, but we have a very detailed record of how it was carried out.
info_outline 357 No RetreatThe History of the Twentieth Century
The winter of 1941-42 was not a happy one for the German Army. On the Eastern Front it was battered by a record cold winter and a Soviet counteroffensive. In North Africa, a British offensive pushed Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps all the way back to central Libya, from where he had begun.
info_outline 356 Happy TimeThe History of the Twentieth Century
After the sinking of Bismarck, the Germans abandoned surface raiding in the Atlantic and turned to their greatest naval strength: submarine warfare.
info_outline 355 Reap the WhirlwindThe History of the Twentieth Century
The Luftwaffe's bombing campaign over England did not force a British capitulation. Can RAF Bomber Command force a German capitulation?
info_outline 354 The Fall of SingaporeThe History of the Twentieth Century
The Japanese Army's greatest victory; the British Army's greatest defeat.
info_outline 353 A Date Which Will Live in InfamyThe History of the Twentieth Century
The attack on Pearl Harbor ended the political division in the US between interventionists and isolationists. Now the US was united as never before.
info_outline 352 Climb Mount Niitaka IIThe History of the Twentieth Century
The Japanese attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
info_outline 351 Climb Mount Niitaka IThe History of the Twentieth Century
The Japanese give up on peace talks with America and began prepare for war.
info_outlineNow that peace had come on the Eastern front, German soldiers were redeployed to the Western Front in one last-ditch attempt to win the war before the number of US troops on the Western Front became overwhelming.