World War Two Major Events Timeline

By _.Dnicole_.

  • Germany Invaded Poland

    Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nation. (German Blitzkrieg)

  • Germany invation

    Germany Invaded France and captured Paris

  • Germany bombed London

    Germany bombed Landon, and the battle of britain began

  • lend lease

    The United States gave Britian war supplies and old naval warship in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribean (LeanLease)

  • German invaded the Soviet Union

    Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, marking the turning piont of the war in Eastern Europe

  • Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

  • After the bomb

    After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the United States. The United States declared war on Japan and Germany.

  • Battle of Midway

    The United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midway. This victory was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

  • American and the allies

    American and other allied troops landed in Normandy, France on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The United States dropped two atomic bomb on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in 1945 for Japan to surrender and ending World War II.