Ashley's WWII Timeline

By ACrosby13
  • Germany invades Poland; beginning of WWII

    Germany invades Poland; beginning of WWII

  • Military draft reinstated in the United States

    Military draft reinstated in the United States

    Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress
  • Operation Barbarossa; Nazi code-name for the invasion of the Soviet Union

    Operation Barbarossa; Nazi code-name for the invasion of the Soviet Union

  • Siege of Leningrad begins

    Siege of Leningrad begins

    Germany invades the city of Leningrad. This becomes one of the longest and deadliest sieges of the war.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    60 mile march through the Philippeans; 21,600+ Dead Filipino and American POWs total
  • Battle of Midway begins; crucial naval battle for the US

    Battle of Midway begins; crucial naval battle for the US

    US breaks the Japanese code and find out that the Japanese were tricking them to wipe out the rest of the Pacific fleet; results in the sinking of 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and 1 US carrier (USS Yorktown)
  • Battle of Guadalcanal; 1st offensive battle for US in the Pacific

    Battle of Guadalcanal; 1st offensive battle for US in the Pacific

    longest Pacific battle at 6 months and 2 days
  • Battle of Stalingrad begins

    Battle of Stalingrad begins

    Germany breaks non-agression pact with Soviet Union by invading the city of Stalingrad.
  • Siege of Leningrad ends

    Siege of Leningrad ends

    Siege of Leningrad ends resulting in a Soviet victory.
  • D-Day; Allies storm beaches in Normandy, France

    D-Day; Allies storm beaches in Normandy, France

  • Battle of the Bulge begins; Germany's last offensive battle

    Battle of the Bulge begins; Germany's last offensive battle

  • Yalta Conference; 2/4/45 - 2/11/45

    Yalta Conference; 2/4/45 - 2/11/45

    Stalin FDR, and Churchill meet; intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

    A win for the allies resulting in gaining control of the airfields on the island.
  • Battle of Okinawa begins

    Battle of Okinawa begins

    Bloodiest battle in the Pacific because the US was getting closer to the home-island of Japan
  • Germany surenders; V-E day

    Germany surenders; V-E day

  • Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan

    Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan

    Little Boy, a uranium gun-type atomic bomb, is dropped by the Allies in Hiroshima.
  • Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan

    Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan

    Fat Man, a plutonium implosion-type bomb, was dropped by the allies on Nagasaki.
  • Japan surrenders in the Pacific; V-J Day

    Japan surrenders in the Pacific; V-J Day

  • Nuremberg Trials begin

    Nuremberg Trials begin

    24 high ranking Nazi officials are tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity; 12 of the 24 officials are executed