History of World War II

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Very beginning before war actually begins is was when Japan invades Manchuria.

Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement

Sep 29, 1938

This causes Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Initiating WWII in Europe

The Soviet Union invades Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Poland gets invaded from the East

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 30, 1940

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

First major attack on the U.S.

The United States declares war on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

this is there entry to World War II

British troops defeat the Germans and Italians in Egypt

Oct 23, 1942

This sends the Axis forces in chaotic retreat across Libya

The Germans launch a massive tank offensive in the Soviet Union

Jul 5, 1943

Within a week the Soviets begin an offensive initiative of their own

US and British troops land on Sicily

Jul 10, 1943

Soon allies have complete control over Sicily

Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples

Sep 9, 1943

Allied forces land in southern France

Aug 15, 1944

advance rapidly towards the Rhine River

Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union

Sep 12, 1944

They leave the Axis partnership

The Soviet Union launches a new offensive

Jan 12, 1945

This causes a liberation of Warsaw and Krakow

US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen

Mar 7, 1945

The Soviets launch their final offensive

Apr 16, 1945

In Berlin

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Germany surrenders to the western Allies

May 7, 1945

The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Japan formally surrenders

Sep 2, 1945

Ends World War II