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Wendel World War II Timeline

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    World War II

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japan Invades Manchuria

  • Neutrality Act

    Neutrality Act

    US cannot sell weapons or give loans to warring countries.

  • Quarantine Speech

    Speech: must stop spread of totalitarian regimes.
  • Start of World War II

    Start of World War II

    Germany invades Poland, making the official start of World War II.

  • Battle of Britain Ends

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter

    Joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland.
  • Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese surprise bomb Pearl Harbor (US Naval base), Hawaii. Start of WWII for the United States of America.
  • United States Declares War on Japan

    United States Declares War on Japan

  • Germany & Italy Declare War on the United States of America

    Germany & Italy Declare War on the United States of America

  • Battle of Midway

  • D-Day, Normandy Landing

    D-Day, Normandy Landing

  • Victory Day in Europe

    Victory Day in Europe

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

    United States aircraft, "Engola Gay," drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, 80,000+ killed.

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki

    United States drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing 40,000+ people.
  • Emperor Surrenders

    Emperor Surrenders

    Emperor Hirohito surrendered over radio.
  • The Surrender of Japan

    The Surrender of Japan

  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan surrenders the war on the USS Missouri.