WW2 Timeline

  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

    Germany Genocide of Jews
  • Night of the Long Knives

    Night of the Long Knives

    destroying all opposition of the Nazi part
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    Germany wanted to take over poland
  • Stalin attacks Finland

    Stalin attacks Finland

    A winter war between soviet union and Finland
  • Germany attacks France

    Germany attacks France

    Germany gained control of france
  • Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    fight in the air between Germany and Britain
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act

  • German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union

    Germany invade Soviet Union
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

  • Japanese internment camps

    Japanese internment camps

    Japanese people were put in camps by force during WW2
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Naval battle in the pacific ocean between united states and japan
  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    American forces defeated japan for control of the island
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    Germany fought Soviet union for control of the city
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

    a War in World War 2 near Egyptian railway
  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allied forces invaded northern France from Normandy beach.
  • McArthur’s plan for Japan

    McArthur’s plan for Japan

    The United states help rebuild japan
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

  • F.D.R’s death

    F.D.R’s death

    F.D.R died during WW2 leaving vice president Truman to decide actions in the war
  • Mussolini’s assassination

    Mussolini’s assassination

    Mussolini tried running away when his country lost the war but was captured and killed
  • Hitler’s suicide

    Hitler’s suicide

    Hitler commits suicide in an underground bunker after losing the war
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

  • Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    United states bombed japan for attacking pearl harbor
  • Formation of the U.N

    Formation of the U.N

    was made so the nations could be in peace
  • Nuremburg Trials

    Nuremburg Trials

    The hearing of Nazi criminals
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    The United states wanted to stop the spread of communism (the domino effect)
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Helped Europe recovery with money
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    The United states supply West Berlin with food, water, and medicine
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    A wall that separated West and East Berlin, so people wouldn't leave.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuba had missiles that were a threat to the United States