WW2

  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland

    Hitler's Germany makes an out of code move into Poland. This marks the beginning of World War Two.
  • Great Britain and France declare war on Hitler's Germany

    Great Britain and France declare war on Hitler's Germany

    Great Britain and France recognize the threat of Hitler and move to defend themselves and surpress his reign.
  • American Neutrality Act amended

    American Neutrality Act amended

    The USA amends the Neutrality Act to allow monetary support of the Allied powers.
  • Hitler invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands

    Hitler invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands

    As the axis powers begin to surpress Europe, Hitler begins to blitzkrieg attack many western European countries.
  • Operation Barbosa

    Operation Barbosa

    The Axis Powers invade the USSR
  • Axis Powers are formed

    Axis Powers are formed

    Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite pact united all threee under the axis powers.
  • British establishes in North Africa

    British establishes in North Africa

    Britain moves into Libia and Egypt to establish themselves in that region.
  • Battle of Moscow

    Battle of Moscow

    The USSR mounts an enormous counter attack on the Axis powers.
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbour

    Bombing of Pearl Harbour

    Japan strikes neutral America. This marks the entry of the US into WWII
  • Japan Conquers Most of the Pacific

    Japan Conquers Most of the Pacific

    Japan and Thailand capture the majority of the pacifc rim.
  • Battle at Midway

    Battle at Midway

    The US surprises Japanese pilots with this american pacific victory.
  • Allies gain momentum

    Allies gain momentum

    Germany Exhausts their forces on the USSR by the Kursk Bulge
  • D- Day

    D- Day

    The Allied powers storm the beaches of Normandy pushing in the Axis defenses.
  • Yalta Confrence

    Yalta Confrence

    Major war leaders meet to discuss post-war Germany.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

    The US takes Iwo Jima in one of the bloodiest battles of WW2.
  • Mussolini Killed

    Mussolini Killed

    Italian Partisians kill the facist dictator Benito Mussolini.
  • Hitler Commits suicide

    Hitler Commits suicide

    With the Allied Powers closing in, Hitler kills himself in his private bunker by drinking cyanide.
  • German Reichstag Captured

    German Reichstag Captured

    The Allied powers capture the Third Reich's Capital signalling the military defeat of Hitler's Germany.
  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki obliterating them.
  • Japan Signs the Japanese Intsrument of Surrender

    Japan Signs the Japanese Intsrument of Surrender

    Japan signs the surrender documents on the USS Missouri to end the war