World War 2 Timelines

By qazxs34

  • Japan invades China, initiating WWII in the Pacific

    Japan invades China, initiating WWII in the Pacific

  • Germany invades Poland, initiating WWII in Europe

    Germany invades Poland, initiating WWII in Europe

  • Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Blitzkrieg against Denmark and Norway—define blitzkrieg (an intense military campaign meant to bring swift victory)

  • German attacks against Netherlands, Belgium, France

  • France surrenders

  • (Air attack) Battle of Britain—describe what happened (the lufftwaffe is ordered to ivnade britain but through the help of czech, poles, and french freedom fighters they were able to fight off the germans barely}

  • Hitler invades the Soviet Union-- describe what happened

    The soviets are a fierce peoples and own a vast quantity of land, Hitler knowing from his predicecors tries to get in and out before winter, although as I said before they are fierce and resisted they lasted until winter and send the germans back on a long retreat back to the fatherland.

  • Great Britain and United States invade Africa-- describe what happened

    "the desert fox" leader of the afrika corps of Nazi germany wages a war a very long lasting succesful battle against the allies, whom eventually also use their native support to defeat the afrika corps and Rommel was eventually recalled to the fatherland.

  • Hitler invades the Soviet Union-- describe what happened

    The soviets are a fierce peoples and own a vast quantity of land, Hitler knowing from his predicecors tries to get in and out before winter, although as I said before they are fierce and resisted they lasted until winter and send the germans back on a long retreat back to the fatherland.

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Philippines, and Dutch East Indies. By the spring of 1942, Japan control most of Southeast Asia. -- describe what happened at Pearl Harbor

    Japan honors their alliance with germany and is also lacking in raw materials to power their war machine and begin invading south east asia, america places an economic restriction on them, so they decide to take out the US pacific fleet in pearl harbour.

  • United States enters the war

  • Germany and Axis partners declare war on the U.S.

  • Germany and Axis partners declare war on the U.S.

  • Battle of Midway -- describe what happened, define “island-hopping”

    Island hopping: Many islands held by the jappanesse were skipped over to and the american forces just took the one's crucial and swept up afterwards.

  • Battle of Midway -- describe what happened, define “island-hopping”

  • Battle of Stalingrad-- describe what happened

    The german seige of stalingrad was meant to be quick, but the soviets held a river behind the city, so throughout the seige the river provides limited but enough supplies. THe soviets are eventually holed up in a few factories that they manage to hold to the winter and get rienforcements through the river and the germans are sent back.

  • Battle of Stalingrad-- describe what happened

  • Great Britain and United States invade Africa-- describe what happened

  • Battle of Normandy began on June 6, 1944 or D-Day

    Britain and America set up a fraud invasion that the germans can see so they prepare for an invasion from there. Meanwhile they prepare a beach landing on several diffferent other beaches in close proximity.

  • Battle of Normandy began on June 6, 1944 or D-Day

  • Soviets launch final offensive, encircling Berlin, Germany

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • Germany surrenders to the western Allies.

  • Germany surrenders to the Soviets.

  • The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.—Describe this

    The little boy was dropped on Hiroshima it was destroyed instantly, but the japanesse still wouldn't surrender.

  • The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.—Describe this

    The fat boy was dropped on Nagasaki destroying this city as well frigtening the japanesse into submission.

  • Japan unconditionally surrenders.

  • Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.