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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