ww2

  • ww1 ends with germanies defeat

    ww1 ends with germanies defeat
  • signing the treaty of versailes

    signing the treaty of versailes
  • adolf hitler becomes the ruler over the nazis

    adolf hitler becomes the ruler over the nazis
  • hitlers beer hall putsh

    hitlers beer hall putsh
  • hitlers book was published

    hitlers book was published
  • germany admitted to league of nations

    germany admitted to league of nations
  • stock market on wall street crashes

    stock market on wall street crashes
  • germanz elect nazis

    germanz elect nazis
  • Franklen roosevelt elected president of the united states

    Franklen roosevelt elected president of the united states
  • hitler becomes chancellor of germany

    hitler becomes chancellor of germany
  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

  • The German Reichstag burns.

  • - First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.

  • Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.

    Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.
  • Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops.

  • Nazis burn books in Germany.

     Nazis burn books in Germany.
  • Nazis open Dachau concentration camp.

  • Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party.

     Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party.
  • Germany quits the League of Nations.

  • the nazi night of the long knives

    the nazi night of the long knives
  • hitler violates the treaty of versailles

    hitler violates the treaty of versailles
  • gestapo is placed above the law

    gestapo is placed above the law
  • The German Gestapo is placed above the law.

  • German troops occupy the Rhineland.

  • Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia.

  • Civil war erupts in Spain.

  • Olympic games begin in Berlin.

     Olympic games begin in Berlin.
  • Franco declared head of Spanish State.

  • soviet union leader runs a purge

    soviet union leader runs a purge
  • germany announces Anschluss with austria

    germany announces Anschluss with austria
  • hitler threatens jews

  • Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.

  • Nazis take Czechoslovakia.

  • nazis take Czechoslowvakia

    nazis take Czechoslowvakia
  • spanish civil war ends

  • Spanish Civil war ends.

  • nazis sign pact of steel with italy

  • Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy.

  • nazis and soveits sign pact

  • Nazis and Soviets sign Pact.

  • Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty.

  • britian and poland sign a mutual assistance treaty

  • british fleets mobilizes;Civillian evacuations begin from london

  • British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London.

  • nazis invade poland

  • britain,france,australia and new zealand declare war on germany

  • british royal air force attacks german navy

  • us proclaims nuetrality;german troops cross the vistula river in poland

  • canada declares war on germany;battle of the atlantic begins

  • sovets invade poland

  • warsaw surrenders to nazis;reinhard heydrich becomes the leader of RSHA

  • nazis and soveits divide poland

  • assassanation atempt of hitler fails

  • soviets attack fineland

  • soviet union exp-elled from the league of nations

  • RATIONING BEGINS IN BRITIAN

  • rationing begins in britain

  • fineland signs a peace treaty with soviets

  • finland signs a peace treaty with soveits

    finland signs a peace treaty with soveits
  • germasns bomb scapa glow naval base near scotland

  • germans bom scapa flow naval base near scotland

  • nazis invade denmark and norway

  • nazis invade denmark and norway

  • nazis invade france

  • hollands surrenders to the nazis

  • evacuation of allied troops from dunkirk begins

  • belgium surrenders to the nazis

  • germans bomb paris;dunkirk evacuation ends

  • germans bomb paris;dunkirk evacuation ends

  • norway surrenders to the nazis;italy declares war on britian and france

  • noraway surrenders to the nazis;italy declares war on britain and france

  • germans enter paris

  • hitler tours paris

  • Britain recognizes General Charles de Gaulle as the Free French leader.

  • German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic.

  • French Vichy government breaks off relations with Britain.

  • Battle of Britain begins

  • Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

  • Italians occupy British Somaliland in East Africa.

  • German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.

  • Air battles and daylight raids over Britain.

  • Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles.

  • First German air raids on Central London.

  • Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain).

  • German Blitz against Britain begins.

  • Italians invade Egypt.

  • SS Leader Heydrich holds the Wannsee Conference to coordinate the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question.

  • Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians

    Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians
  • British forces advance into Italian Somaliland in East Africa.

  • German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, North Africa.

  • First units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in North Africa.

  • British forces arrive in Greece.

  • President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act.

  • A coup in Yugoslavia overthrows the pro-Axis government.

  • Pro-Axis regime set up in Iraq.

  • Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.

  • Rommel attacks Tobruk.

  • Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis.

  • Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations.

  • Germans begin a U-boat offensive along east coast of USA.

  • Rommel's counter-offensive from El Agheila begins.

  • German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain.

  • German summer offensive begins in the Crimea.

  • Rommel begins an offensive against the Gazala Line.

  • SS Leader Heydrich attacked in Prague.

  • SS Leader Heydrich attacked in Prague.

  • Germans begin a withdrawal from the Caucasus.

    Germans begin a withdrawal from the Caucasus.
  • Soviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad.

  • Montgomery's Eighth Army takes Tripoli.

  • First bombing raid by Americans on Germany (at Wilhelmshaven).

  • Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies.

  • Soviet troops take Kursk.

  • Soviets re-take Kharkov.

  • Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders in Munich.

  • Germans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa.

  • Germans re-capture Kharkov.

  • Battle of Atlantic climaxes with 27 merchant ships sunk by German U-boats.

     Battle of Atlantic climaxes with 27 merchant ships sunk by German U-boats.
  • First attack toward Cassino, Italy.

  • Allies land at Anzio in Italy.

  • Leningrad relieved after a 900-day siege.

  • Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino.

  • Germans counter-attack against the Anzio beachhead.

  • Second Allied attempt to capture Monte Cassino begins

  • U.S. troops reach st lo france

  • assasination falis to try and kill hitler

  • Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails.

  • - Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek.

  • -Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek.

  • Operation Cobra (U.S. troops break out west of St. Lô).

  • Germans withdraw from the Ardennes.

    Germans withdraw from the Ardennes.
  • Soviet troops capture Warsaw, Poland.

     Soviet troops capture Warsaw, Poland.
  • Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.

  • Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta.

  • - Dresden is destroyed by a firestorm after Allied bombing raids.

  • Last German offensive of the war begins to defend oil fields in Hungary.

  • Allies take Cologne and establish a bridge across the Rhine at Remagen.

  • Soviet troops capture Danzig.

  • First British air raid on Berlin.

     First British air raid on Berlin.
  • First American forces arrive in Great Britain.