ww2

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

Germany annexed Austria ET

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

Great Britain and France give Hitler Sudetenland. ET

Nonaggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and USSR agree not to fight. ET

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

WW2 starts ET

European Theater

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945

ET= European Theater

Battle of Britain

1940

3 months of bombing in Great Britain. ET

Miracle of Dunkirk

Jun 4, 1940

338,000 troops escaped German capture. ET

Paris is captured by Germany

Jun 14, 1941

France surrenders to Germany. ET

Germany invades USSR

Jun 22, 1941

Violates the Non-Aggression Pact ET

Pacific theater

Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945

PT= Pacific Theater

US declares war on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

FDR address congress asking for Declaration of War on Japan. PT

Germany Declares War on the US

Dec 8, 1941

Germany allied with Japan for help against the USSR. America declared war against Japan so Germany did too. ET/PT

Doolittle Raids

Apr 18, 1942

American bombs fall on Japan for the first time. PT

Battle of Midway

Jun 7, 1942

Turning point in war with Japan. PT

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1942

Unprovoked attack from Japan on America. PT

Battle of Stalingrad

Feb 2, 1943

Turning point in the war for the Allies. ET

Kasserine Pass

Feb 25, 1943

First battle America had against Germany (Bad Loss) ET

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allies land in Normandy, Free France. ET

MacArthur returns to the Philippines

Oct 20, 1944

Famous "I Have Returned" speech PT

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

The last German offensive- Allies won when the Nazis surprised attacked them ET

Iwo Jima

Mar 26, 1945

Island captured by the US, Marines raise the flag after. PT

VE Day

May 8, 1945

Germany surrenders ends war in Europe ET

Fall of Rome

Jun 5, 1945

Italy is freed from German occupation ET

Atomic Bomb Dropped

Aug 6, 1945

Over 120,000 people died in Hiroshima. PT

VJ Day

Aug 15, 1945

Japan surrenders ending WW2 PT