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McCoy Timeline of WWII

  • Anschluss of Austria

    Anschluss of Austria

    Germany's union with Austria
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    British and French convince the Czechs to give up Sudetenland to appease Hitler
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact

    agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in which they promised to work together in WW2 and rule Europe "together"
  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg

    "Lightning War" a German military technique of constant bombing ensues.
  • Operation Sealion and Blitz

    Operation Sealion and Blitz

    Hitler invades Britain
  • Operation Sealion and Blitz

    Operation Sealion and Blitz

    Hitler invades Britain
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    The Nazi invasion of Russia for resources and the turning point of WW2
  • Pearl Harbor attacked

    Pearl Harbor attacked

    The reason that America joined in the war. Axis Japanese fighter pilots bomb military Harbor
  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea

    an island-hopping campaign across the islands around Japan.
  • "Big 3" Meet

    "Big 3" Meet

    FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet to decide on plans for war.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Meeting between Allied leaders in which agreements were made regarding world war 2
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    the meeting in which the allied leaders made agreements regarding WWII
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Beach of Normandy stormed and France invaded during WW2
  • Hitler's Death

    Hitler's Death

    Adolf Hitler Commits suicide.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Victory in Europe Day, day of victory in WWII
  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project

    The Codename for the Atom Bomb that was being developed. Truman warned the Japanese due to the Weapons of Mass Destruction the U.S. had.
  • Hiroshima Bombing

    Hiroshima Bombing

    Japan refuses to surrender twice and the US drops the first Atom Bomb on them.
  • Nagasaki Bombing

    Nagasaki Bombing

    After two refusals of surrender from Japan, the US finally dropped an Atom Bomb on Japan in two places. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the sites of the explosion.
  • Truman Doctrine Adopted

    Truman Doctrine Adopted

    The policy of trying to stop the spread of communism in the world
  • Marshall Plan Enacted

    Marshall Plan Enacted

    Massive aid package offered by the US to Europe to help countries rebuild after WWII
  • N.A.T.O. Signed

    N.A.T.O. Signed

    military alliance to protect North Atlantic states from U.S.S.R. Communist block
  • Division Of Germany

    Division Of Germany

    Soviets were angry because western allies are helping rebuild West Germany while east Germany is controlled by Soviets
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    Mutual defense alliance between the U.S.S.R. and seven satellites in Eastern Europe
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    Mutual defense alliance between U.S.S.R. and seven satellites in Eastern Europe.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    MUtual defense alliance between USSR and seven satellites in Eastern Europe.