World War 2

By elisolis653

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.
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  • The Beginning

    Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.

  • France and Britain

    France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.

  • German Invasions begin

    Germany invades and eventually gains control of Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, and northerm France

  • Battle of Britain

    Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.

  • Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

  • Battle of Midaway

    The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.

  • D-day

    D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.

  • Paris

    Paris is liberated from German control

  • Battle of Bulge

    The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.

  • U.S.

    US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island.

  • FDR

    US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman.

  • Hitler's suicide

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

  • Germany's surrender

    Germany surrenders to the Allies.

  • Atomic Bomb

    The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.

  • the end

    Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II