World War II timeline

By gibsonem11

  • End of WW I

    World War I ends at Le Francpot

  • Rise of Mussolini

    Became Italian Prime Minister in 1919
    Ruled until 1943

  • Rise of Stalin

    Revolutionist for the Bolsheviks in 1917
    Eventually became leader of the Soviet Union after Vladimir's death in around 1922
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    Great Depression

    Starts with the stock market crash(Black Tuesday)
    Ended due to the preparation for WW II

  • Rise of Hitler

    Became Chancellor/dictator of Germany
    Leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party

  • Germany starts to expand

    Germany started to expand to Rhineland & Austria after Hitler takes power in 1933

  • Munich Agreement

    A pact to avoid an outbreak of war; gave Czechoslovakia to Germany without consulting Czechoslovakia

  • Allies declare war

    The allies declared war after Germany invaded Poland

  • Non Aggression Pact with USSR

    Germany and the USSR decided to not take any military charge against each other.
    -Germany could invade Poland
    -USSR could build up military
    -Secret plan to divide Europe
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    Poland is invaded

    Germany invades Poland using Blitzkrieg

  • Attacks on Jews

    Nuremberg Laws: laws to limit Jews natural rights
    Kristallnacht: Nazis coordinated an attack on Jews and their property on November 9, 1939
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    France invaded

    Germany invades northern and Vichy France after invading Poland.
    -attacked from the north and south
    -attacked at the south Ardennes Forest which were undefended
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    Battle of Britain

    Great Britain was the only allied nation to stand unconquered
    -GB was led by Winston Churchill at the time
    -Germany planned to destroy the Royal Air Force; Britain had radar
    -14000 civilians were killed

  • Japan begins to expand(Pacific Theater)

    In 1941 Japan starts to invade SE Asia
    Due to this US banned the sale of oil to Japan
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    Holocaust

    Germans persecuted and killed millions of Jews.
    Final Solution - the deliberate mass destruction of Jews
    They also persecuted many other groups of people including poles, slavs, homosexuals, disabled people, and more.
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    Russia is invaded

    Operation Barbarossa
    Germany breaks the USSR Non Aggression Pact

  • Pearl Harbor

    -2,400 Americans died
    -200 aircrafts destroyed
    -all 8 battleships sunk or damaged

  • US enters war

    FDR and Congress declare war on Japan
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    Battle of the Coral Sea(Pacific Theater)

    The US stops the expansion of Japan; first aircraft carrier battle
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    Battle of Midway(Pacific Theater)

    The US breaks Japan's code using the Navajo code talker.
    The Us destroys Japanese aircraft carriers
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    Battle of Stalingrad(European Theater)

    -one of the largest cities in the Soviet Union; neither Hitler nor Stalin wanted to surrender until the remaining German soldiers are finally captured
    -The turning point of the war in Europe
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    Battle of the Philippines(Pacific Theater)

    The US took the Philippines back - Douglas Macarthur led the army
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    Battle of the Bulge(European Theater)

    This battle was fought on the border of France nad Germany; Germany was forced to retreat
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    Battle of Iwo Jima(Pacific Theater)

    Fought on land 2 x 4 miles wide
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    Battle of Okinawa

  • Germany Surrenders

    -Adolf Hitler commits suicide

  • Postdam Declaration

    The US declared to Japan to either surrender or face mass destruction.

  • Hiroshima(Pacific Theater)

    It was the first bomb dropped - 70,000 people died

  • Nagasaki(Pacific Theater)

    It was the second atomic bomb dropped - 65,000 people died

  • Japan surrenders(Pacific Theater)

    Known as VJ Day