world war II nate cole

  • Adolf Hilter becomes chancellor of Germany his Nazi party takes power.

    became dictator in 1933
  • Germany invades Poland World war II begins

  • France and Great Brittain Declare war on Germany

  • Germany invades Denmark and Normay

  • Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg,meaning lightning war, to take over Netherlands and Belgium

  • Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers

  • Germany invades the Soviet Union

  • the Japanese attack the United States navy in Pearl Harbor The next day in the United states enters the war on the side of theAllies

  • The United statesnavy defeats the Japaese navy at the battle of midway

  • Italy surrenders to the Allies

  • Allied forces invade France at Normandy and pushed back the Germans, known as D- day

  • The GErmans fight back in the battle of bulge but lose to the Allies

  • Allied troops capture Iwo Jima

    Small pacificisland off of Japan
  • President Franklin Rosevelt dies he is succeeded by Harry Truman

  • Germany surrenders to the Allies , ending the war in Europe

  • The United states drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan

  • Japan surrenders to the Allies, ending the war

  • Another atomic bomb is droped on Nagasak,Japan