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World War II Timeline

By Captain Krispy

  • Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact

    Non-aggression pact signed by the Soviet Union and Germany in 1939. It allowed for Hitler to invade western Poland and Stalin to take eastern Poland without the two sides fighting a war.

  • Germany invades Poland.

    Germany invades Poland.
    Germany Invades Poland Germany invades Poland. This offically starts world war 2.

  • Britain & France join WW2

    Britain & France join WW2
    Britian headlineBritain and France declare war on Germany.

  • Blitzkrieg

    German style of attack meaning 'lightning war'. The quick attacks helped to overrun Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France in a matter of months.

  • Italy joins war

    Italy joins war
    Italy joins warItaly see.s France is weakend and they declare war on them. Italy also declared war on Britain

  • France surrenedered

    France surrenedered
    FlagFrance has been hit hard by the war so they surrendered to the axis powers.

  • Battle of Britain

    Significant German air attack against England, particularly the city of London, resulting in tens of thousands of British deaths.

  • Japan joins war

    Japan joins war
    TojoJapan joins the axis powers.

  • Germany invades russia

    Germany invades russia
    flag Germany invades on Russia. Hitler orders maximum cruelty to any Russian civilians , this causes a Russian resistance

  • Operation Barbarossa

    German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941.

  • Japan attacks United States

    Japan attacks United States
    Pearl HarborJapan attacks US base peal harbor. US joins war day after.

  • Wannsee Conference

    1942 Nazi meeting that settled the "Jewish question" by making genocide official German policy.

  • Operation Meetinghouse

    1945 American bombing of Tokyo, culminating in the firebombing on March 9-10 that killed over 80,000 Japanese civilians.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Most significant battle in the Soviet Union, where German forces surrounded the city and bombarded the city. The Russians withstood the attack and eventually pushed the Germans back.

  • Operation Gomorrah

    1943 Allied bombing run that included the German city of Hamburg and destroyed most of the people and killed tens of thousands of German citizens.

  • Itally loses Mussolni

    Itally loses Mussolni
    MussoliniMussolni is replaced and arrested.

  • Itally surrenders

    Itally surrenders
    flag Italy surrenders. The German forces in northern and central Italy occupy it

  • D day

    D day
    D dayUS, British, and Candian forces invade Germany. Turning point for the war.

  • Battle of the bulge

    The last German offensive of WWII, resulting in the retreat of German forces toward Germany

  • Operation Thunderclap

    Allied bombing run over the German city of Dresden that killed over 60,000 civilians.

  • Hitler dies

    Hitler dies
    hitlerHitler commited suicide in his bunker in Berlin. He appoints Admiral Doenitz as his successor.

  • V-E Day

    the Allied victory in Europe

  • Hiroshima bombed

    Hiroshima bombed
    hiroshimaHiroshima got destroyed by the atomic bomb by US.

  • Nagasaki bombed

    Nagasaki bombed
    bombNagasaki got hit with an atomic bomb by the US.

  • WWII ends

    WWII ends
    GO USAJapan surrenders ending the war with VJ Day.

  • V-J Day

    Japan surrenders