World War 2 Digital Timeline By BigZ21 Nov 30, 1936 Winter War between USSR and Finland. War ends when Finland cedes border lands to the USSR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWi2Kclq0DE Aug 23, 1938 Germany and Soviet union USSR sign the Nazi Soviet pact 1939 Battle of atlantic Apr 9, 1939 gemany invades and capture demark and norway Jun 10, 1939 Italy joins the war and on June 27 invades southern France Sep 1, 1939 Germany attacks poland Sep 3, 1939 Great Britan and France declare war and Germany Sep 17, 1939 USSR attacks Poland from the east. Poland soon fall and is divded between the Germans and russians. Sep 27, 1939 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the tripartite pact 1940 German africa korps are sent to North Africa to reinforce the italians 1940 Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania join the axis powers. May 10, 1940 Gemany attacks westrern europe Jun 10, 1940 Italy joins the war and on June 27 invades southern France Jun 14, 1940 USSR gains control over the Baltic States Jul 1, 1940 1st batlle of EL Alamain Sep 13, 1940 Italy invades British controlled Egypt Oct 28, 1940 Italy invades Greece Mar 1, 1941 Bulgaria joins the Axis powers Jun 22, 1941 Germany joined by Axis allies and Finland attacks ussr Oct 23, 1941 2nd Battle of EL Alamein Dec 7, 1941 The Japanese launch a surprise attack on U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Dec 8, 1941 The United States declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy soon declare war on USA Apr 9, 1942 The Bataan Death march begins as the Imperial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of War to march 60 tortured-filled miles May 4, 1942 The Battle of Coral Sea Aug 7, 1942 The Battle of Guadalcanal Aug 23, 1942 battle of stalingrad Dec 23, 1942 Battle of the bulge Sep 3, 1943 Italy surrenders unconditionally. Apr 1, 1944 Battle of okin Jun 6, 1944 Operation overlord, D-day Aug 15, 1944 V-J Day Aug 25, 1944 Paris is liberated Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Confetence Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 3, 1945 Hitler commits suicide Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President. Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is executed May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jul 10, 1945 Battle of Britain Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam conference Aug 6, 1945 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on hiroshima. https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/decision-drop-atomic-bomb Aug 9, 1945 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki Jun 3, 1947 The battle of midway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway#American_reinforcements 19,422 The Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina, and Singapore
