world war 2 timeling

  • hitler takes power

    hitler takes power

    Adolf hitler become the chancellor of germany, his Nazi Party takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.
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  • Rome-Berlin treaty

    Rome-Berlin treaty

    Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.
  • Germany signs treaty with japan

    Germany signs treaty with japan

    Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia.
  • japan invades china.

    japan invades china.

    Japan invades China.
  • the annex of austria

    the annex of austria

    Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany.
  • start of the war

    start of the war

    Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.
  • frnace and great britan fight germnay

    frnace and great britan fight germnay

    France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
  • germnay takes over denmark and norway

    germnay takes over denmark and norway

    Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
  • italy enters the war

    italy enters the war

    Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.
  • germnay attacks GB

    germnay attacks GB

    Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain.
  • Germnay, Italy, and Japan sign a treaty.

    Germnay, Italy, and Japan sign a treaty.

    Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
  • battle of the midway

    battle of the midway

    The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
  • italy surrenders

    italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
  • Liberation of Paris

    Liberation of Paris

    Paris is liberated from German control.
  • Battle of Bulge

    Battle of Bulge

    The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
  • Roosevelt dies

    Roosevelt dies

    US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman.
  • Hitler dies

    Hitler dies

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders to the Allies.
  • Atomic Bomb #1

    Atomic Bomb #1

    The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.
  • atomic bomb #2

    atomic bomb #2

    Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.