Timeline: World War Two Timeline | Timetoast

Sep 1, 1931

Seizure of Manchuria

Japan seizes Manchuria in September of 1931.
Feb 1, 1933

Japan Withdraws from League of Nations

Japan withdraws from the League of Nations in February of 1933. The United States responds by threatening Japan with economic sanctions.
Jan 1, 1934

Hitler Builds Up Germany's Army and Weapons

Great Britian and France take no action.
Jan 1, 1936

Hitler orders troops into the Rhineland

Great Britain and France take no action to Hilter's entering the Rhineland. They are not interested in starting another war.
Jan 1, 1936

Hitler makes two alliances

Rome-Berlin Axis Pact (between Germany and Italy), and the Anti-Comitern Pact (allied Germany with Japan)
Jul 1, 1937

Continued Expansion into China
Mar 1, 1938

Hitler marches into Austria

Great Britain and France take no action despite Austria's request.
Mar 1, 1939

Hitler invades Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia

Other countries respond with the creation of the Munich Agreement, Appeasement.
Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland
Sep 3, 1939

Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

Germany defeated in the Battle of Britain
Dec 7, 1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Dec 8, 1941

United States declares war on Japan
Dec 20, 1941

Germany and Axis Powers declare war on the United States
Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Jan 1, 1945

United States forces move across the Pacific towards the Japanese homeland
Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of Midway

"Island Hopping" used.
Jun 6, 1944

D- Day
Apr 30, 1945

Hitler commits suicide
May 8, 1945

Germany military commanders surrendered

End of WWII in Europe
Aug 6, 1945

Hiroshima Bomb
Aug 9, 1945

Nagasaki Bomb
Aug 14, 1945

Japan Surrenders to the Allies

Negotiates surrender to the Allies, ending World War II