World War 2

By jchen

  • Japan Invades China and captures Beiping

  • Beginning of World War 2

    Germany and Slovakia attacked Poland
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    World War 2

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Soviets also invaded Poland

  • Soviets invade Finland

  • Finland surrenders to Soviets

  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

    Denmark fell immediately, while Norway took 2 months to capture

  • Germany invaded France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

  • Britain invaded Iceland

  • Italy declares war on Britain and France and invades France

  • Soviets take over Baltic Countries

  • France Surrenders

  • Italy takes Malta

  • Italy takes British Somaliland

  • Japan seizes more ports in China

  • Italy invaded Greece, but failed

  • Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania join Axis Powers

  • The British push Italian troops back in Africa

  • Germany helps Italy in North Africa and pushes back British troops

  • Bulgaria joins Axis

  • Germany takes Greece Island of Crete

  • Germany and other Axis invade Soviet Russia

  • Britain takes Iraq

  • Japan took over Indochina

  • British took back all territorial gains in Africa Germans and Italians made

  • After lots of German victories, Soviets counter attacked

  • Japan attacks many British and American territories, including Pearl Harbor

  • Japan takes Singapore

  • Japan takes Singapore

  • Japan takes Philippines

  • British takes over Madagascar

  • Japan attacks Midway and Aleutian Islands

  • German troops surrender at Stalingrad

  • US takes back the Aleutian Islands from Japan

  • Allies invade Sicily

  • Hitler cancels the operation to attack the Soviets at Kursk Bulge

  • Chinese force Japanese back in the Battle of Changde

  • US takes Western New Guinea

  • D-Day

  • Soviets take Belarus and destroy German Army Group Center

  • British Commmonwealth troops are taking back Japanese lands

  • Germans make a desperate attempt at Ardennes, but fail

  • Soviets attacked Poland and took East Prussia

  • American forces take the Philippines

  • Franklin Roosevelt dies

  • American and Soviet troops meet on Elbe River

  • German forces surrendered in Italy

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

  • Australian troops land on Borneo

  • German forces surrendered in Western Europe

  • German forces surrender in Eastern Europe

  • Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japan surrenders, ending World War 2