World War II Timeline

  • Period: to

    Josef Stalin in power

  • Period: to

    Benito Mussolini in power

  • Period: to

    Adolf Hitler in power

  • Period: to

    Erwin von Witzleben

  • Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    Italian invasion of Ethiopia
    a breif colonial war a.k.a The Second Italo Abyssinian War where Mussolini annexed Ethiopia with the use of modern technology.
  • Period: to

    The Holocaust

    a terrible time when the Nazi's made work camps and death camps for all who were not of the Arian race. There they killed between 11-17 million people, 6 million of these people were Jewish.
  • Occupation of the Rhineland

    Occupation of the Rhineland
    an event when Germany broke the Treaty of Versailles by Remilitarizing the Rhineland.
  • Period: to

    The Spanish Civil War

    a war fought by Spain where the Fascist party led by Francisco Franco won.
  • Air Raid on Guernica

    an event where Germany bombed Guernica
  • Period: to

    Neville Chamberlain in power

  • Period: to

    Francisco Franco in power

    \
  • The Anschluss

    The Anschluss
    the annexation of Austria by Adolf Hitler or Germany
  • Munich Conference

    a pact Germany, Italy, France and Britain signed a.k.a the Munich Agreement that forced Czechoslovak to give Sudetenland to Adolf Hitler.
  • Annexation of Czechoslovakia

    when Adolf Hitler annexed the rest of Czechoslovakia after Sudetenland.
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    a pact a.k.a the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was the Treaty of Non-Agression between Germany and Soviet Union to divide Europe amongst eachother.
  • Invasion of Poland

    an invasion of Poland by Adolf Hitler or Germany to start WWII and gain land from them.
  • Period: to

    Winston Churchill in power

  • Fall of France

    an event when Germany and Italy invaded France.
  • Formation of Vichy France

    an event when Germany created a collaberation state called Vichy to keep the axis powers from dividing up France.
  • Formation of the "Free French"

    an armed resistant group formed to free France from German control.
  • Period: to

    Battle of Britain

    an event when the conflict was fought between the RAF and German Luftwaffe, it started after Germany attacked France and Britain stepped in to help then retreated back to Britain where Germany attacked.
  • Formation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo- Axis

    a pact signed by Japan, Italy and Germany where they agreed to fight communism, enforce anti-democratism, and to stay out of the way of any territorial expansion.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    an event when Adolf Hitler or Germany and its allies invaded Soviet Union because Hitler fascist and Stalin was communist, and Hitler wanted to destroy communism.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    a bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan to cripple the United States' Pacific fleet.
  • Battle of Midway

    a battle with a decisive victory for the Allies after Japan lost to America in this battle.
  • Period: to

    Battle of Stalingrad

    an event when the Soviet Union attacked Germany and forced them out of Russia regaining any lost territory.
  • El Alamein

    an event in North Africa when General Erwin Romell of Germany and Bernard Montgomery of Great Britain fought to take over North Africa and its Oil Fields and canal.
  • D-Day

    an event where the allies invaded Normandy, France to take back France and take down Adolf Hitler or Germans.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    an event where the Allies advanced toward Germany but are slowed down when a German offensive aimed a re-conquering Belgium, but the Germans then retreated.
  • Iwo Jima

    a battle fought between America and Japan where the US invaded the Japanese island.
  • V-E Day

    this is Victory in Europe Day, when the allies accepted Germany's unconditional surrender.
  • use of atomic weapon decision

    when America dropped two atomic bombs on two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. America chose to do this because Japan would rather fight to the death than surrender.
  • V-J Day

    this is Victory over Japan Day, when Japan announced it had surrendered to America.
  • Period: to

    Charles DeGaulle in power