Timeline of World War 2

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  • German Anschluss with Austria

    Hitler made the Austria integrated with the German.

  • Treaty of Munich

    Munich Agreement is the settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation, the "Sudetenland", was coined. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the future of the Sudetenland in the face of demands made by Adolf Hitler. It was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy.

  • Hitler invades Czechoslovakia

    Marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country.

  • Russia and German sign Non-Aggression pact

    Non-aggression pact is a national treaty between two or more countries or states where the signatories promise not to engage in military action against each other.
    So, it is a non-aggression pact that Stalin and Hitler had signed
    But in June 22,1941 Nazi Germany invade Soviet Union, so it became void.
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    Britain rearms and reassures Poland

    Britain started re-arming and prepared for the future invasion

  • Nazi German invade Poland

  • Britain and France declare war on

    Britain and France declare war on the Nazi German.
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    Hitler invades Denmark and Norway

    German enter the major Norwegian port. Also deploy thousands of German troops and occupying Norway.

  • Blitzkrieg

    Hitler started Blitzkrieg to attack Holland and Belgium.
    The result was both countries were occupied.

  • Dunkirk

    The British ships and boats that send for the troops to save them.
    More than 338,000 men were rescued.

  • Italy joined the war on side of Axis powers

  • France signs armistice with Germany

    Armistice signed at 18:36 near Compiègne, France, by officials of Nazi Germany and the French Third Republic. It did not come into effect until after midnight on 25 June.
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    Battle of Britain

    German and Britain fought at British with only an aircraft many people were killed and wound and missing.

  • Tripartite Pact

    Tripartite pact was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940.

  • Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia

    Italy and German soldiers attack the Yugoslavia.

  • Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Soviet Union won their first victory at this battle against Germany.

  • Hitler attacks Russia

    Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia.
    So, the USA, which had been supplying arms to Britain under a ‘Lend-Lease’ agreement, offered similar aid to USSR.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan's surprise attack to the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  • Britain and US declare war on Japan

  • Allies invade Sicily

    British and US attack Sicily.

  • Allies take Sicily

  • Italy surrenders

    Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies.

  • D-Day

    It is also called as a Battle of Normandy.
    The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.

  • Mussolini captured and executed

    Mussolini captured by Italians and executed.

  • Hitler commits suicide

    The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter.

  • German forces surrender

  • V.E. day

    Victory in Europe was celebrated.

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japanese surrender