World War II Timeline

Mussolini Takes Power

May 6, 1922

Mussolini Takes Power took power of Italy in 1922

Joesph Stalin Rises in Russia

Apr 6, 1924

Stalin Rises in Russia and becomes a leader

Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf

Jul 18, 1925

Hitler Publishes his book Mein Kampf

FDR becomes President in the United States

Mar 4, 1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt became President in the 1933 Election

Hitler Leader of Germany

Aug 19, 1934

Hitler becomes the Leader of Germany in 1934

Germany Invades Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Germany Invades the Rhineland to take over more land

Germany Invades Austria

Mar 12, 1936

Germany invades austria to form alliance

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland to Start WWII

Great Britain/France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Britian and France declare war on Germany to start WWII

Battle of Britain

Jul 1, 1940

First defeat for Germany in WWII

Japan, Germany, Italy become the Axis

Sep 27, 1940

Japan Germany and Italy form the Axis Powers

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs the United States Pearl Harbor

U.S. Declares War on Germany

Dec 8, 1941

United States declares war on the Axis Powers to mark the beginning of the war for the U,S,

Germany/Italy declare war on U.S

Dec 11, 1941

Axis declares war on the United States

North Africa Liberated

Dec 31, 1941

Northern Africa was Liberated

Internment of Japanese Americans

Jan 1, 1942

The United States puts Japanese Americans in Internment Camps

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Naval battle in the Pacific

Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Nazis fought for control over Stalingrad

Operation Torch

Nov 1, 1942

British/American invasion of French North Africa

Victory at Guadalcanal

Mar 6, 1943

U.S. victory over the Soloman Islands

Battle of Tarawa

Nov 20, 1943

Battle fought from Nov. 20-23

Operation Overlord

Jun 1, 1944

Battle of Normandy or a German Invasion

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Oct 23, 1944

Largest Naval Battle in WWII

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Major German Offensive Campaign

Liberation of Auschwitz

Jan 27, 1945

The Auschwitz Concentration Camp is liberated

IwoJima Captured

Mar 16, 1945

U.S. defeats Japan on the Island of Iwojima

Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

Largest Amphibious assualt in WWII

FDR Dies

Apr 12, 1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt dies

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler kills himself

Germany Surrenders

May 7, 1945

Germany Surrenders the war

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Victory in Europe Day

Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Japan

Atomic Bomb: Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Japan

VJ

Aug 14, 1945

Victory over Japan