WHII.12

By hcps-lewisjw

  • First Neutrality Act is passed

    Act passed by the US to stop the export of arms and ammunitions to countries participating in the war

  • Signing of the Rome-Berlin Axis

    Used to link the two facist countries

  • Signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact

    Anti-communist pact signed by Nazi Germany and Japan, which was later signed by other facist governments.

  • Hitler declares Austria as part of the Third Reich

    Hitler declares Germany's neighbor, Austria, apart of the Third Reich

  • The Muncish Conference is called

    allowed the Axis powers to annex parts of Czechoslovakia

  • German troops invade Czechoslovakia

    A campaign used to get valuable resources and help unite german people in the name of Nationalism

  • Mussolini invades Albania

    A brief military campaign from Italy on Albania. It was a quick campaign.

  • German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed

    Pact between the German's and Soviet's to take no action of war between eachother.

  • Germany attacks Poland

    Germany makes a swift fall campaign of Poland

  • The Soviet Union attacks Finland

    Overwellming forces take over Finland with much haste

  • Japan forms an alliance with Germany and Italy

    one of the official formings of the Axis Power

  • Germans invade Denmark and Norway

    A German victory due to opposition of Norway that lead to the support of the Allies

  • Winston Churchill is named as Prime Minister of Greate Britain

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain

  • Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg

    Germany invades different independent states to gain more territory

  • Dunkerque is evacuated

    Evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk

  • Mussolini declares war on France and Great Britain

    Mussolini declares war on France and Great Britain

  • Battle of Britain

    Defense of Great Britian against the German Air Force. Germany wanted to force GB to join the Axis powers.

  • Erwin Rommel takes control of Libya

    This campaing was used to gain conrol of important African colonies

  • Germany attacks the Soviet Union

    Germany invaded the Soviet Union and captured much of the land until reaching Moscow and then were pushed back by the Soviet Union.

  • Roosevelt and Churchhill sign the Atlantic Charter

    A joint decleration of Roosevelt and Churchhill stating their goals in the Atlantic Ocean

  • Pearl Harbor is Attacked

    Japan planes attacked a US harbor and Naval State

  • US Congress declares war on Japan

    Happened after constant attacks on the Us ships and territory

  • Wansee Conference

    Meeting held by the Nazi Party

  • Bataan Death March

    The Japanese Army forced the Philopeno people to march to camps

  • Battle of Midway

    A crucial naval battle during WWII in which they Allies attacked the Japanese Navy

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    A major front of the war, Germany and allies fought the Soviet Union for Stalingrad in the West of Russia

  • D-Day

    The landing of the Allies on the Normandy beaches, many troops were lost but was a victory for the Allies

  • MacAurther lands in the Philippines

    MacAurther larger than life personality helped lead to a swift victory in the Philippines

  • Potsdam Conference

    Major leaders meet to discuss term to the end of WWII

  • V-E Day

    The formal victory of the allies from the unconditional surrender of the Axis

  • V-J Day

    Spontanous surrenders causing the end of WWII