World War Two Key Events

  • Nonaggression pact

    Nonaggression pact

    On August 23, 1939 a nonaggression act was signed with the Soviet Union, because the Germans believe they lost World War One based on the fact that they had to fight two fronts.
  • War Began

    War Began

    On September 1 Germany annexed Danzig, invaded Poland which started the war.
  • Surprise!

    Surprise!

    On May 13, 1940 Germans surprise attack on the Ardennes forest, north of the Magiot line. They ran through the English channel cutting off supply lines to the french and British.
  • Norway

    Norway

    British troops landed in Norway. They could not protect the Norwegians. British troops evacuated in May. Norway fell on June 9,1940.
  • Franco-German Armistice

    Franco-German Armistice

    The Franco-German armistice was signed on June 22, 1940 in the same railway car the Germans signed the armistice in World War One.
  • Germany invades The Soviet Union

    Germany invades The Soviet Union

    On June 22, Germany invaded the Soviet which caused Romania,Finland,Hungary,and Italy to declare war of Russia. Britain aided the Soviet Union.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    On December 7 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States Navy and Military were not ready.
  • U.S. brought into war

    U.S. brought into war

    On December 11, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, but the United States voted on Declarations.
  • Preview

    Preview

    On April 18, 1942 a small group of planes bombed Tokyo to give them a preview of things to come.
  • Egypt

    Egypt

    On November 6, 1942 the British drove the Axis Powers out of Egypt.
  • Mussolini is out of the top spot

    Mussolini is out of the top spot

    On July 23, 1943 Benito Mussolini was forced to resign and was arrested.
  • Italy is Done

    Italy is Done

    Premier Badoglio surrenders his army unconditionally on September 8. This took Italy out of the war.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    During the morning of June 6 an invasion fleet of 7,000 ships landed on Normandy beaches. Airborne divisions dropped behind the German lines into the heart of France. These divisions included Canadian, American, and British troops.
  • Retaking Paris

    Retaking Paris

    The Allies pushed inland, and Paris fell to the Allies on August 25.
  • Germany is losing Strength

    Germany is losing Strength

    On May 4, 1945 General Bernard Montgomery received the surrender from the Germans in Netherlands, Denmark, and northwestern Germany.
  • Mussolini Dead

    Mussolini Dead

    Mussolini was caught and shot on April 28. The next day the Germans in Italy surrendered unconditionally.
  • Hitler Disappears

    Hitler Disappears

    So Hitler would not be captured by the Soviets Hitler "committed suicide" on of April 30. There is no proof of this, it is still good that he was gone and not coming back.
  • War on The West is over

    War on The West is over

    On May 8 Stalin, Churchill, and Harry S. Truman announced that General Wilhelm Keitel had surrendered unconditionally. Now all attention turned to the Eastern Front.
  • Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

    Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

    On August 6 a B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, destroying more than half of the city, and destroying a major munitions center.
  • Japan Surrendors

    Japan Surrendors

    On September 2, 1945 , Japan surrendered on the battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.