World War II Timeline by Annjaneth

  • Germany invade Poland

    Germany invade Poland
    Hitler ordered the Nazi to invaded Poland because he was seeking to regain the lost territory and this is what sparks World War II.
  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Britain and France declare war on Germany
    Two days after what happened with the invasion of Poland.
    Britain and France decided to declared war between Germany.
    But the announcement did nothing to deter Hitler.
  • Proclamation by Hitler

    Proclamation by Hitler
    A proclamation on the isolation of Jews was made Hitler
  • British bombing

    British bombing
    Germany wanted to invade Great Britain. Britain drops the first bombs on Germany territory as RAF hits a seaplane base in Hornum
  • Germany Invades

    Germany Invades
    Germany invaded Denmark and Norway which was the first major airborne attacks on the allied forces.
  • Nazi invades

    Nazi invades
    German Nazi defeated allied forces and German Nazis invaded France, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg
  • Auschwitz

    Auschwitz
    A new concentration camp, Auschwitz had opened.
  • Italy enters the war

    Italy enters the war
    Italy decided to go to war on the Axis side which included Germany Italy and Japan. They went to war because they saw that the French were going to lose
  • U.S. Military

    U.S. Military
    Almost 16 million American men between the ages of 21 and 36 were required to register at one of the draft boards across the country. 50 million men register during the war
  • Japan and Russia

    Japan and Russia
    The Japanese and Russians made an agreement to both signed a neutrality pact
  • Nazi vs Soviet Union

    Nazi vs Soviet Union
    The Nazi attacked the Soviet Union, which is their ally in the war against Poland. This attack made a turning point in World War II and the Holocaust
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes went and attack Pearl Harbor Which leads the United States to enter the War. The destroy nearly 20 naval vessels, 8 battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died, and 1,000 Americans were wounded.
  • Britain and US

    Britain and US
    Britain and the US declared war on Japan.
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a speech about going to war which was broadcast everywhere in the US.
    Senate voted to declare war and no one was against.
  • Death Camp

    Death Camp
    The first ever Death Camp was opened at Chelmno.
  • Germany and Italy

    Germany and Italy
    Just 4 days after the U.S. declared war on Japan. Nazi Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.
  • Surrending

    Surrending
    North Africa was under Allied control after the Axis powers surrender in Tunisia
  • Italy Surrenders

    Italy Surrenders
    The surrender was signed five days before in secret by a representative of Marsh Pietro Badoglio, Italy's prime minister since the downfall of Benito Mussolini in July.
    The Italian Government at first suggested an armistice in August three weeks after the downfall of Benito Mussolini.
  • Auschwitz comes to an end

    Auschwitz comes to an end
    The prisoners were founded with the Soviet forces when they freed them from the Auschwitz.
  • Nazi Germany Surrenders

    Nazi Germany Surrenders
    General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditionally surrendering all German military forces. A week after Hitler suicide.
  • Bombing Hiroshima

    Bombing Hiroshima
    With this one bomb 40,00 women, children, and men are obliterated in an instant. 100,000 died later on because of burns and radiation. a
    Another 100,000 will succumb in the next five years due to radiation poising. Bur the Japanese still wouldn't accept the Allied surrender terms
  • Soviet Union

    Soviet Union
    The Soviet declared war on Japan.
    This meant that Japan now faces two invasions on two front.
  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Bombing of Nagasaki
    The second atomic bomb drops, in Nagasaki. More 40,000 women, children, and men died in an instant. Tokoy, the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War still remains split between those who are determined to keep on fighting and those who are just wanting to give up. That day all of the members of the council call the Emperor, who breaks the deadlock.
  • End of World War II

    End of World War II
    The war had ended when the Axis powers signed the unconditional surrender