WW II Timeline

By cmauro-student@newfoundations.org
  • Anschluss (European Theater)

    Anschluss (European Theater)

    Unification of Austria and Germany
  • Munich Conference (European Theater)

    Munich Conference (European Theater)

    Great Britain and France give Hitler Sudetenland
  • Nonaggression pact (European Theater)

    Nonaggression pact (European Theater)

    Germany and USSR agree not to fight
  • Germany invades Poland (European Theater)

    Germany invades Poland (European Theater)

    Start of WWII
  • Miracle at Dunkirk (European Theater)

    Miracle at Dunkirk (European Theater)

    338,000 troops escape German capture
  • Paris Captured (European Theater)

    Paris Captured (European Theater)

    France surrender to Germany
  • Battle of Britain (European Theater)

    Battle of Britain (European Theater)

    3-month bombing of Great Britain
  • Germany invades USSR (European Theater)

    Germany invades USSR (European Theater)

    Violates nonaggression Treaty
  • Pearl Harbor (Pacific Theater)

    Pearl Harbor (Pacific Theater)

    Japan's unprovoked attack on the U.S.
    FDR makes speech to congress "..a date that will live in infamy"
  • U.S. declares war on Japan (Pacific Theater)

    U.S. declares war on Japan (Pacific Theater)

  • Germany declares war on U.S. (European Theater)

    Germany declares war on U.S. (European Theater)

  • Doolittle Raid (Pacific Theater)

    Doolittle Raid (Pacific Theater)

    American bombs fall in Japan for first time
  • Battle of Midway (Pacific Theater)

    Battle of Midway (Pacific Theater)

    Turning point in war with Japan
  • Kasserine Pass (European Theater)

    Kasserine Pass (European Theater)

    First US battle against Germany, bad loss
  • Battle of Stalingrad (European Theater)

    Battle of Stalingrad (European Theater)

    10-month battle
    Turning point in the War
  • Battle of the Bulge (European Theater)

    Battle of the Bulge (European Theater)

    Last German offensive - Allies win
  • Rome Falls (European Theater)

    Rome Falls (European Theater)

    Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed
  • D-Day (European Theater)

    D-Day (European Theater)

    Allies land at Normandy - Liberation of France
  • MacArthur returns to Philippines (Pacific Theater)

    MacArthur returns to Philippines (Pacific Theater)

    Famous speech "I have returned"
  • Iwo Jima (Pacific Theater)

    Iwo Jima (Pacific Theater)

    Island captured by U.S. Marines raise flag
  • V-E-Day (European Theater)

    V-E-Day (European Theater)

    WWII ends in Europe
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped (Pacific Theater)

    Atomic Bomb Dropped (Pacific Theater)

    Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
  • V-J-Day (Pacific Theater)

    V-J-Day (Pacific Theater)

    WWII ends in Japan