WW2 By Sam1298746 Period: Apr 1, 1930 to Jun 22, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Period: Nov 30, 1930 to Mar 13, 1940 Winter War between USSR and Finland War ends when Finland cedes border lands to the USSR. Now, place the events in order on a timeline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1otWTs4ngPY May 8, 1934 V-E Day Period: 1939 to 1945 Battle of the Atlantic https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-the-atlantic Aug 23, 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union (USSR) sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Sep 1, 1939 Germany attacks Poland. Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. Sep 17, 1939 USSR attacks Poland from the cast, Poland soon falls and is divided between the Germans and Russians Period: Apr 9, 1940 to Jun 19, 1940 Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-norway-and-denmark Period: May 10, 1940 to Jun 22, 1940 Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France fall. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/fall-of-france/#:~:text=Between%209%20May%20and%2022,Luxembourg%2C%20the%20Netherlands%20and%20Belgium. Jun 10, 1940 Italy joins the war and, on june 27, invades southern france. Period: Jun 14, 1940 to Aug 6, 1940 USSR gains control over the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), https://www.britannica.com/place/Baltic-states/Soviet-occupation Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. Sep 30, 1940 Italy invades British controlled Egypt https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/struggle-north-africa-1940-43#:~:text=On%2011%20June%201940%2C%20Italy's,from%20their%20colony%20of%20Libya. Oct 28, 1940 Italy invades Greece Nov 24, 1940 slovakia, hungary, romania joins the axis powers. 1941 German Afrika Korps are sent to North Africa to reinforce the Italians. Jun 22, 1941 Germany joined by Axis allies and Finland attack the USSR. Dec 7, 1941 The Japanese launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Dec 8, 1941 The United States declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy soon declare war on the United States Period: Dec 8, 1941 to Apr 4, 1943 The Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina, and Singapore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HkBW7X7LaU Apr 9, 1942 The Bataan Death March begins as the Imperial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to march 60 tortured-filled miles. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/battle-bataan-death-march Period: May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942 The Battle of Coral Sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0K0Sqsg4cU Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1948 The Battle of Midway https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=battle+of+midway Jul 27, 1942 Battle of El Alamein Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 9, 1942 The Battle of Guadalcanal https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guadalcanal Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Period: Oct 23, 1942 to Nov 23, 1942 2nd Battle of El Alamein Nov 5, 1942 Battle of Britain Aug 15, 1943 V-J Day Sep 3, 1943 Italy surrenders unconditionally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srGFsG71xRU Aug 25, 1944 paris is liberated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CHhTc7Jy7o Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Bulge Jan 25, 1945 Bulgaria joins the Axis Powers. Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1949 Yalta Conference https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/yalta-conf Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President Apr 28, 1945 Operation overlord, D-day Apr 28, 1945 mussolini is executed https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benito-mussolini-executed Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam confrence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FHYygFwyDk Aug 6, 1945 US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Aug 9, 1955 us drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
