Progression of US Involvement in WWII

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War (Polish: Kampania wrześniowa or Wojna obronna 1939 roku) in Poland and the Poland Campaign (German: Polenfeldzug) in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe. The invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and ended on 6 October 1939 with Germany and the Soviet U

WWII

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 7, 1945

Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.

Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Norway and Denmark

Apr 9, 1940

Germany invades low countries

May 10, 1940

Italy declares war on Great Britain and France

Jun 10, 1940

France signs armistice with Germany

Jun 22, 1940

Battle of Britain

Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 10, 1940

First peace time draft law in U.S. history

Sep 1, 1940

Wavell's first Libyan offensive

Period: Dec 9, 1940 to Feb 7, 1941

Rommel's first offensive

Mar 31, 1941

Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia

Apr 6, 1941

German airbourne assault on Crete

May 20, 1941

Germany invades U.S.S.R.

Jun 22, 1941

U.S.S.R. and Great Britain sign mutal aid pact

Jul 13, 1941

Seige of linengrad

Period: Sep 8, 1941 to Jan 1, 1944

700,000 deaths estimated

U.S. declares war on Japan after the attack on pearl harbor

Dec 8, 1941

Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.

Dec 11, 1941

Battle of Stalingrad

Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

Battle of El Alamein

Oct 23, 1942

Allied forces land at Morocco and Algeria

Nov 1, 1942

Battle of Tunis

May 7, 1943

Axis forces in North Africa surrender

May 13, 1943

Allies land in Sicily

Jul 10, 1943

Allies land at Salerno

Jul 10, 1943

Italians secretly surrender

Sep 3, 1943

Allies land at Anzio

Jan 22, 1944

Allies invade Normandy

Jun 6, 1944

D-DAY

Soviets push Germans into Poland

Jul 15, 1944

Polish resistance revolt against Germans in Warsaw

Period: Aug 1, 1944 to Oct 1, 1944

Paris liberated

Aug 25, 1944

Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Feb 7, 1945

Last significant German offensive

Yalta confrence

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Soviets launch attack on Berlin

Apr 16, 1945

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Germany surrenders

May 7, 1945

WWII in Europe ends