WW2 Timeline Europe

  • Anschluss

    Unification of Austria and Germany
  • Munich Conference

    GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland
  • Nonaggression Pact

    Germany and USSR agree not to fight
  • Germay Invades Poland

    Start of WWII
  • Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great
    Britain
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    10 month battle ends
    Turning point in War
  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German capture
  • Paris Captured

    France surrenders to
    Germany
  • Germany invades USSR

    Violates Nonagression
    Treary
  • Pearl Harbor(Pacific)

    Japan Unprovoked Attack of
    U.S.
  • US Declares War on Japan(Pacific)

    FDR makes speech to
    congress
    "..a date that will live in
    infamy"
  • Germany Declares War on US

    Hitler allied with Japan and
    they hoped for help against
    USSR
  • Dolittle Raid(Pacific)

    American bombs fall in
    Japan for first time
  • Battle of Midway(Pacific)

    Turning point in war with
    Japan
  • Kasserine Pass

    First US Battle Against
    Germany (Bad Loss)
  • Rome Falls

    Italy Surrenders and
    Mussolini is executed
  • Battle of Bulge

    Last German Offense - Allies
    Win
  • D-Day

    Allies land at Normandy -
    Liberation of France
  • McArthur returns to Philippines(pacific)

    Famous speech "I Have
    Returned"
  • Iwo Jima(Pacific)

    Island Captured by US.
    Marines Raise Flag
  • V-E Day

    WWII Ends in Europe
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped(Pacific)

    Over 120,000 die at
    Hiroshima
  • V-J Day(Pacific)

    WWII Ends in Japan