WW2 Timeline

By drober

  • Anschluss(E)

    Unification of Austria and Germany

  • Munich Conference(E)

    GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland

  • Non Aggression Pact(E)

    Germany and USSR agree not to fight

  • Germany Invades Poland(E)

    Start of WW2

  • Miracle at Dunkirk(E)

    338,000 troops escape German capture

  • Paris Captured(E)

    France surrenders to Germany

  • Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great Britain

  • Germany invades USSR(E)

    Violates Nonagression Treary

  • Pearl Harbor(E)

    Japan Unprovoked Attack of U.S.

  • U.S Declares War on Japan(P)

    FDR makes speech to congress
    "..a date that will live in infamy"

  • Gemany Declares war on U.S(E)

    Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR

  • Doolittle Raid(P)

    American bombs fall in Japan for first time

  • Battle of Midway(P)

    Turning point in war with Japan

  • Kasserine Pass(E)

    First US Battle Against Germany (Bad Loss)

  • Battle of Stalingrad(E)

    10 month battle ends
    Turning point in War

  • Rome Falls(E)

    Italy Surrenders and Mussolini is executed

  • D-Day(E)

    Allies land at Normandy - Liberation of France

  • MacAurthur Returns to the Philippines(P)

    Famous speech "I Have Returned"

  • Battle of the Bulge(E)

    Last German Offense - Allies Win

  • Iwo Jima(E)

    Island Captured by US.
    Marines Raise Flag

  • V-E-Day(E)

    WWII Ends in Japan

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped(P)

    Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima

  • V-J-Day(P)

    WWII Ends in Europe