Chapter 11 Timeline

By amandagarcia

  • Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini create Rome-Berlin Axis.

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  • Japan invades China and seizes Chinese capital

  • Germany signs military agreement with Japan

  • World War II begins

  • Poland is invaded by Germany from the west

    Poland is invaded by Germany from the west

  • The U.S. declares neutrality

  • Poland is invaded by the Soviet Union from the east

  • Warsaw surrenders

  • Moving the Jewish population into ghettos begins in Poland

    Moving the Jewish population into ghettos begins in Poland

  • Soviet troops invade Finland

  • Germany invades Denmark & Norway

  • Holland surrenders to Germany

  • Belgium surrenders to Germany

  • Norway surrenders to Germany.

  • Germany bombs British cities

    Germany bombs British cities

  • All night air raid on London

  • U.S. starts hiring many women

    U.S. starts hiring many women

  • Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia

  • Soviet Union is attacked by Germany

  • Japanese bomb the U.S. at Pearl Harbor

    Japanese bomb the U.S. at Pearl Harbor

  • Great Britain and the U.S. declare war on Japan

  • Germany & Italy declare war on U.S.

  • The U.S. attacks Japan by air

  • Japanese is defeated at the Battle of Midway Island

    Japanese is defeated at the Battle of Midway Island

  • Germany surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad

    Germany surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad

  • Italy surrenders

  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Mussolini captured and shot to death by Italian partisans

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • V-J Day

    V-J Day