WW2 Timeline

By 24hilljosh

  • HITLER APPOINTED GERMAN LEADER

  • WORLD WAR II BEGINS

  • SOVIET UNION INVADES POLAND

    Working in concert with Hitler, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin orders the invasion of Poland, securing a share of Polish territory.

  • U.S. PLUNGED INTO WAR

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, starting war with the US. Sensing weakness, Hitler declares war on America 4 days later.

  • TREATY OF VERSAILLES

  • UK WINS WAR’S FIRST SEA BATTLE

    British cruisers defeat a German pocket battleship at the Battle of the River Plate, the first major naval engagement of World War II.

  • BRITAIN FIGHTS FOR ITS LIFE

    The Battle of Britain pits German bombers against British fighters in a thwarted German prelude to invasion.

  • WARSAW CAPTURED

    Warsaw surrenders to German troops. Poland holds out for another 9 days before capitulating.

  • NORWAY INVADED

    Germany invades Norway, ending a 6-month period of limited land operations called the “Phony War.”

  • PARIS FALLS TO NAZIS

    Paris falls to German forces. France capitulates 11 days later.