World War II

By Thayne Moretti

  • Start of World War II

    Japan invades Manchuria.

  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China starting the World War II in the Pacific.

  • Signing of the Munich agreement.

    Germany, Italy, France, and Great Brittain sign the agreement causing the Czechoslavak Republic to cede the Sudetenland.

  • Fascist Italy

    Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania.

  • Germany Starts World War II in Europe

    Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe.

  • Italy enters World War II

    Italy enters the war on 6-10-1940 butinvades southern France on June 27.

  • Signing of the Tripartite Pact

    Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.

  • War declared on the US

    Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers declare war on the United States.

  • Halting the Japanese Naval advance in the Pacific.

    The actual date is unknown. The United States and British Navies stop the forward movement of the Japanese Navy in the Pacific at the Battle of Midway.

  • Sicily

    United States and British troops get on Sicily. By mid August, the Allies have full control of Sicily.

  • Philippines

    The United States troops land in the Philippines.

  • Hitler Die's

    Hitler commits suicide.

  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany surrenders to Western Allied forces.

  • Germany Surrenders Again

    Germany surrenders to the Soviet Union.

  • Hiroshima

    The United States drops and atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

  • Nagasaki

    The United States drops another atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

  • End of World War II

    Japan formally surrenders ending World War II.