MWH WWII Timeline

Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Location: Europe

Nuremberg (Anti-Jewish) Laws Enacted

Sep 15, 1935

Location: Europe

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

German Annexation of Austria.
Location: Europe

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

AKA Night of Broken Glass.
Location: Europe

German Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Location: Europe

Britain and France Declare War on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Location: Europe

Italy Allies With Germany

Oct 25, 1939

Led by Mussolini at this time.
Location: Europe

Miracle of Dunkirk

May 26, 1940

AKA Operation Dynamo.
Location: Europe

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Location: Europe

Warsaw Ghetto Created

Oct 12, 1940

Location: Europe

Hitler Invades The Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

AKA Operation Barbarossa.
Location: Europe

Attack of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Location: Pacific

The U.S. Enters the War and Declares War on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

Location: Pacific

Bataan Death March

Apr 10, 1942

Location: Pacific

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Location: Pacific

Battle of Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

Location: Pacific

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Location: Europe

Invasion of North Africa

Nov 8, 1942

AKA Operation Torch.
Location: Europe

Germany Takes Paris - France Signs Armistice Surrendering to the Germans

Nov 10, 1942

Location: Europe

Italy Surrenders

Sep 8, 1943

Location: Europe

D-Day Allied Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

Location: Europe

Battle of Saipan

Jun 15, 1944

Location: Pacific

Liberation of Paris

Aug 19, 1944

Location: Europe

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Oct 23, 1944

Location: Pacific

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Location: Europe

Liberation of Auschwitz

Jan 27, 1945

Location: Europe

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

Location: Pacific

Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

Location: Pacific

Battle of Berlin

Apr 16, 1945

Location: Europe

Mussolini is Captured and Executed

Apr 28, 1945

Location: Europe

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Location: Europe

Germany Surrenders

May 7, 1945

Location: Europe

VE Day

May 8, 1945

(Victory in Europe)
Location: Europe

Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Location: Pacific

Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

Location: Pacific

Japan Surrenders

Aug 14, 1945

Location: Pacific

MacArthur Accepts Japan's Surrender

Sep 2, 1945

Location: Pacific

United Nations is Formed

Oct 24, 1945

Location: Europe

Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

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