WW2 Time Line by Roshaan, Karanjot, mohammad faizan

By Steve Gates

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Hitler wins the election

  • Nuremberg Laws in effect against Jews

    The Jews were stripped of their rights.

  • Italy into Ethiopia

    Italy invaded Ethiopia and captured their capital.

  • Italy, Germany & Japan signed Anti-Comintern Pact, against Russia

  • Anschluss - Germany takes over Austria with no fighting.

    Hitler invades Austria because he viewed Austria as part of Germany. He combined Germany and Austria in a union.

  • Full invasion and takeover of Czechoslovakia.

  • German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

  • Germany invades Poland with Blitzkrieg warfare.

  • Britain Declares war on Germany

  • Battle of the Atlantic - Duration of the war

  • Canada declares war on Germany.

  • Battle of Britain

  • Invasion of Soviet Union

    Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia.

  • Pearl Harbour Attack

    The Japanese attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.

  • Japanese-Canadian Internment

  • Battle of El Alamein

    Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment followed by an armored attack.

  • Battle Of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia.

  • Dieppe Raid

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad.

  • Italian Campaign

  • Italian Campaign

  • D-Day

    The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy, Western France.

  • Germany surrenders

    German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945. Generally ended the war.

  • Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

    The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima.

  • Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki

    The Japanese did not surrender after the first bomb, so 3 days later the United States dropped another bomb.