Ww2

WW2 Timeline

By annagreer420
  • Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist

    Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist

    Hitler became the dictator of Germany. He was worse than Stalin.
  • Nazi German troops march into the Sudetenland.

    Nazi German troops march into the Sudetenland.

    Without the support of their alleged allies, France and Britain, the Czechoslovakians are powerless against Adolf Hitler's army.
  • Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    Germany and the Soviet Union sign the •Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
  • Germany invades Poland, starting World War 2

    Germany invades Poland, starting World War 2

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Battle of Atlantic

    Battle of Atlantic

  • Evacuation begins of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France

    Evacuation begins of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France

  • Italy declares war on France and Great Britain

    Italy declares war on France and Great Britain

  • Battle of Britain begins

    Battle of Britain begins

  • U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill

    U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill

  • Germany invades the Soviet Union

    Germany invades the Soviet Union

  • The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

    The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

  • Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066, which allows the internment of Japanese Americans

    Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066, which allows the internment of Japanese Americans

  • Bataan Death march

    Bataan Death march

    the Filipinos & Americans surrendered to the Japanese, and the Japanese forced their prisoners to march 60 miles through the jungle. Nearly half of Americans died.
  • The Battle of Midway begins

    The Battle of Midway begins

    it was the turning point for American in the war, because they destroyed Japanese air forces, and they were able to decode a japanese message that they had a plan to sneek attack America.
  • Mussolini resigns

    Mussolini resigns

    He was dismissed as leader, when most of the allies had liberated Italy.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Assassination attempt against Hitler fails

    Assassination attempt against Hitler fails

  • Germany signs an unconditional surrender

    Germany signs an unconditional surrender

  • The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

    The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

  • The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan

    The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan