World War ||

Germany violates Treaty of Versailles

Period: 1935 to 1936

leading up to WW2

Hitler annexed Austria

Mar 11, 1938

leading up to WW2

Munich Pact

Sep 30, 1938

+allowed Hitler to invade Sudetenland. Leading up to WW2

Appeasement to Germany

1939

Hitler took over Czechoslovakia. leading up to WW2

World War ||

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

Invasion of Poland

Sep 28, 1939

European Theatre

US supplying allies military assistance

1940

helped war effort before joining ww2

Battle of Britain

Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

european theatre

FDR proposed Lend Lease Act

1941

Helped war effort before joining war.

U.S. froze Japan's assets in U.S.

Jul 25, 1941

+cut off trade with Japan. U.S. helping war effort before joining war.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pacific theatre

Doolittle Raid on Tokyo

Apr 18, 1942

pacific theatre

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

pacific theatre

Liberation of France

Period: Jun 6, 1944 to May 8, 1945

european theatre

Liberation of Paris

Period: Aug 19, 1944 to Aug 25, 1944

european theatre

VE-Day (Germany's surrender)

May 2, 1945

european theatre

End of the War

May 11, 1945

european theatre

Postdam Agreement

Aug 1, 1945

peace process

Atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima

Aug 9, 1945

pacific theatre

atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

pacific theatre

Surrender of Japan

Sep 2, 1945

pacific theatre

Establishment of the United Nations

Oct 24, 1945

peace process

Paris Peace Treaty

1947

peace process