world war 2 timeline

  • Japanese Invasion of China

    Japanese Invasion of China
    The japanese invaded china between the republic of china and the empire of japan, was a military conflict that was fought. Because of the Mukden incident, they estbliched a puppet state called munchulcuo.
  • Germany's Invasion of Poland

    Germany's Invasion of Poland
    1.5 Millions German troops invade Polan along it's 1,750 mile border.Hitler claimed it was a defense action, but no one was bying thst. On September 3rd, because of that invasion, marked the begining of World War ll.
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    German Blitzkrieg

    where to miss? " to the stars" This was considered a lightning war. Germans tryed this out on poland before invading Belgum. This term was never acually in the german handbook or a term.
  • Fall of Paris

    Fall of Paris
    Paris fell to NAzi germany, because hitler unleashed his biltzkrieg invasion. Germany attacked paris and tool over.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    okay? okay. This is when hitler sent his army into the soviet union. This invation covered over two thousand miles. Because of this faliure ,it caused germany to start a two front war.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    click hereit was a surprise attack from japan to the U.S . near hawaii. Japans aircraft was spotted in the sky and sunk ships, destroyed 5 out of 8 batleships and 2,400 americans killed. president rosevelt declared this day pearl harbor day.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    A major battle on the eastern front of WW II, hitler was trying to take over the soviet union. But was ambious to how he did it. Naz gemany and its allies fought the soviet for control of a the city.
  • Bataan death march

    Bataan death march
    nobody puts baby in a cornerAproxamently 75,000 filipino and american troops were forced to walk on these death marches to prisions for 65 miles. These people were in very harsh condioions which led to death. The commander was exicuted for a "war crime".
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    click here beautiful !This was an sea and air battle. The U.S destroyed 4 of the japanese aircraft during battle. In august the offensive did not stop until japan surrendered , which was 3 years later.
  • Warsaw Ghetto upspring

    Warsaw Ghetto upspring
    Nazi's made jews moved to the ghetto, becasue hitler demanded them to do it. Nazi's forced jews to ghettos and deported to exterminate camps.
  • Allied invasion of italy

    Allied invasion of italy
    British army invaded sicily, to use the land to fght a war. Italian government surrendered to allies.
  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference
    if your a bird, im a birdStalin , rossevelt, and churchhill made this meeting about there military stragite to japan and germany. Thye also discussed the fate of eastern european. They wanted a war against the axis powers.
  • D Day

    D Day
    run forest run On this day , 156,000 americans, canadians , and britsh landed on the 50 mile strech of normady region. This was one of the largest planned invations. This was called the beginning of ghe end of the war.
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    Liberation of Concentration Camps

    click here, dawgOn July 23, 1944 U.S. entered Majdanek Camp in Poland. On January 27, 1945 they entered Auschwitz. There they found hundreds of people living in poor conditions being treated even poorly.
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    Battle of the Bulge

    click here, sillyIt began when Hitler tried to split the Allied forces in the northwest Europe.On December 16, three German armies launched the deadliest battle of the war in the west in the heavily forested Ardennes. U.S. Army suffered 100,00 casualties.
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    click here, dollThe Battle of Iwo Jima was an attack by America on a base (Bonin) near the Japanese coast. It was exucuted by air and by sea. Roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops fought. They fought in tunnels and under ground installations.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    click here, my favorite teacherVE Day is the shorten name for Victory in Europe Day. This holiday is geberaly celebrated to mark the acceptance of the Allience of Wolrd War ll of the Nazi's surrender. This holidy is genuinly celebrated by Great Britan and the U.S.
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    Potsdam Confrence

    click here, history genius.Durring this time Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Polan, Germany. They gathered to negotiate the terms for the end of World War ll. (Gemrany had previously surrendered on Msy 8, 1945.)
  • Dropping the atomic bombs

    Dropping the atomic bombs
    click thisThe five ton bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by American bomber Enola Gay. Eight thousand were killed by the inetial blast, thousands more died in the following days due to wounds and radiation. Three days later a bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing forty thousand more people.
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    VJ Day

    click here, best teacher in the worldVJ Day stands for Victory-over Japan Day. President Harry S. Truman annonced the news in a press confrence, at the White House. This was clebrated in the U.S. and all over the world, it (the surrender) gave relief.