MWH WWII Timeline

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Location: Europe
  • Nuremberg (Anti-Jewish) Laws Enacted

    Location: Europe
  • Anschluss

    German Annexation of Austria.
    Location: Europe
  • Kristallnacht

    AKA Night of Broken Glass.
    Location: Europe
  • German Invasion of Poland

    Location: Europe
  • Britain and France Declare War on Germany

    Location: Europe
  • Italy Allies With Germany

    Led by Mussolini at this time.
    Location: Europe
  • Miracle of Dunkirk

    AKA Operation Dynamo.
    Location: Europe
  • Battle of Britain

    Location: Europe
  • Warsaw Ghetto Created

    Location: Europe
  • Hitler Invades The Soviet Union

    AKA Operation Barbarossa.
    Location: Europe
  • Attack of Pearl Harbor

    Location: Pacific
  • The U.S. Enters the War and Declares War on Japan

    Location: Pacific
  • Bataan Death March

    Location: Pacific
  • Battle of Midway

    Location: Pacific
  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    Location: Pacific
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Location: Europe
  • Invasion of North Africa

    AKA Operation Torch.
    Location: Europe
  • Germany Takes Paris - France Signs Armistice Surrendering to the Germans

    Location: Europe
  • Italy Surrenders

    Location: Europe
  • D-Day Allied Invasion

    Location: Europe
  • Battle of Saipan

    Location: Pacific
  • Liberation of Paris

    Location: Europe
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf

    Location: Pacific
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Location: Europe
  • Liberation of Auschwitz

    Location: Europe
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Location: Pacific
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Location: Pacific
  • Battle of Berlin

    Location: Europe
  • Mussolini is Captured and Executed

    Location: Europe
  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Location: Europe
  • Germany Surrenders

    Location: Europe
  • VE Day

    (Victory in Europe)
    Location: Europe
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

    Location: Pacific
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki

    Location: Pacific
  • Japan Surrenders

    Location: Pacific
  • MacArthur Accepts Japan's Surrender

    Location: Pacific
  • United Nations is Formed

    Location: Europe
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nazi and other war criminals were put on trial for war crimes, and most were found guilty.
    Location: Europe