WW2 Timeline

  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Started when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediaty following Mukden Incident. This was an attemp tby Japanese Empire to gain control over the whoe Providence. Was also proved to be important to know becuase it was one of the causes of WW2.
  • Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany, this made Hitler's power rise. It virtually assured that he can continue to exercise his dictatorial power. This made him even more powerful during WW2. one of his reason for being Chancellor and being so powerful is he speaking ablity. These is important to know because it made him more of a threat in battle.
  • The Anschlusss

    The Anschluss is a politcal or economic union, the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. it is important to know because it had the do With the success f Hitler and his army.
  • Kristallnacht

    Known as the Night of Broken Glass when Nazi cooridnated an attack on jewish people and their property in Germany and Germany-controlled lands. Kristallnacht was important becuase it was a program of persecutions of Jewish people in Nazi Germany and they were convicted by German authoities.
  • Invasion of Poland

    German forces invaded Poland from the North, south , and west was said to start the war in Europe. it lasted for 1 month and 5 days. is very important to know becuase it was th ne spark the got the war in motion.
  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk was an important battle in WW2 between the Alllied forces and Germany. it resulted in the Capture of France by German after British forces evacuated. Was termed by Winston Churchill to be a miracle.
  • Attack of Pearl harbor

    The Attack on Peatl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanss Navy against the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Gave Roosevelt a reason to declare War on Japan, changed the US because they were know a part of WW2
  • Bataan Dealth March

    The Bataan Dealth March was a forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000-80,000 after the three month Battle of Bataan in the Philppines during WW2. the march was characterised by wide-ranging physical abuse and murder, it resulted in high fatalites of prisoners and civilians unliked by the Japanese Army and resulted in a large surrender.
  • Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway was a navy battle of WW2: American planes based on land and carries decisivly defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands. The battle in the Pacific Theater of Operations was one of the most Naval Battles in WW2. Was the first victorious battle of the US in the Pacific.
  • D-Day

    The day on which Allied Forces invaded France. The day of Normandy Landing was later conamded as that. Was the landing poeration of the allied forces invasion of Normandy, Operation Overload durind World War II. It alos marked "the beginnig of the end"of the war in Europe. Forced Hitler to divide his thinning forces to the breakng point.
  • Battle of Bulge

    Was a major German offensive campagn launched through the densely forested Ardenernes region in Belgium, France, and Luxenburg on the western fornt toward the end of WW2. it is improtant to know because it was one the worst battles in the terms of casulites for the United States.
  • Yalta Conference

    A conference held in Yalta where Roosevlet, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of WW2 and agreed to the territorial divison of Europe. It was important because it shaped the modern European politics and borders.
  • VE Day

    Victory Europe Day, was a public holiday that marked the date when WW Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of he armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, thus ending the war.
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    The atomic bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japn were conclucted by the US during the final satges of WW2. ended th was the final thing thate largest war in history.
  • VJ Day

    Victory over Japan Day of Victor In the Pacific Day. A day that Japan surrendered effectvly ending WW2. WAs one of the last major steps in ending the largest war in hstory.