World War II timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Sep 18, 1939

Hitler attacks Poland
Apr 13, 1940

Hitler attacks Denmark, Norway, Holland and Belgium
May 19, 1940

France falls
Period: Jun 13, 1940 to Oct 18, 1940

Battle of Britain
Period: Jun 18, 1940 to Aug 17, 1943

Japanese forces invade parts of Asia
Period: Oct 7, 1940 to May 18, 1941

Hitler attacks North African states
Jun 13, 1941

Operation Barbarossa
Dec 7, 1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Period: Apr 7, 1942 to Aug 19, 1943

Tide of the war on both fronts change
Period: Oct 12, 1942 to Jun 23, 1945

Allies island-hop
Nov 14, 1942

Britain Army defeats German forces in North Africa
Dec 17, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad
Jun 6, 1944

D-Day
May 8, 1945

V-E Day
Aug 6, 1945

First atomic bomb dropped
Aug 9, 1945

Second atomic bomb dropped
Sep 2, 1945

V-J Day