World War 2 Timeline

  • Germany Invaded Poland

    They took over Poland
  • Germany Invaded France

    This tense period of anticipation – which came to be known as the 'Phoney War' – met an abrupt end on 10 May 1940, when Germany launched an invasion of France and the Low Countries.
  • Germany bombed London

    London was bombed by the ... Germany, the Blitz resulted in relatively few casualties; the British bombing
  • Lend lease

    An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States
  • Germany invaded the soviet union

  • Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor

    hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Germany Declared war

    On this day, Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict. ... On December 8, Japanese Ambassador Oshima went to German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop to nail the Germans down on a formal declaration of war ...
  • Batlle of Midway

    Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. ... An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.
  • D-Day

  • Bombs