World War 2

By Tom8o
  • German invasion of Poland

    German invasion of Poland

  • France and great Britain declare war on Germany

    France and great Britain declare war on Germany

  • Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.

  • Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

    Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

    1940 May 30 - Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

  • Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers

  • Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. Battle of Britain

  • Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.

  • Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia.

  • The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor.

  • the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

  • The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.

  • The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily.

  • Italy surrenders to the Allies

  • D-day and the Normandy invasion.

    D-day and the Normandy invasion.

  • Paris is liberated from German control.

  • The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge.

  • US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima.

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

  • Germany surrenders to the Allies

  • The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

  • Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.

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