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World War 2 Timeline

By _Squirrel_

  • Germany Invades Poland

    The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, or the 1939 Defensive War in Poland, and alternatively the Poland Campaign or Fall Weiss in Germany, was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi ...

  • Germany Bombed London

    Germany bombs London. 7-15 September 1940.
    On 7 September 1940, the Luftwaffe unleashed a merciless bombing campaign against London and Britain's major cities. Instead of breaking morale, however, the raids only galvanised the will of the British people for the rest of the war.

  • The United States Gave Britain War Supplies

    The Lend-Lease policy, formally titled "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States", (Pub.L. 77–11, H.R. 1776, 55 Stat. 31, enacted March 11, 1941)

  • Germany Invaded France

  • Germany Invaded The Soviet Union

    Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II.

  • Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor

    Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating:

  • After Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor

    On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor without warning, catching the U.S. servicemen there, especially those who were sleeping, off-guard. After two hours of bombing, 18 U.S. ships had either been sunk or damaged, 188 U.S.

  • American Troops Landed In Normandy

    Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings.

  • The United States Dropped Two Atomic Bombs On Japan

    President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

  • Battle Of Midway

    The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made – to the afternoon of August 15, 1945, in Japan, and, because of time zone differences, to August 14, 1945