WW2 Timeline By Charlie67558778 Apr 9, 1923 Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway. https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/61/germany-invades-denmark-and-norway/#:~:text=Under%20the%20code%20name%20'Operation,surrendered%20on%209%20June%201940. Aug 25, 1925 Paris is liberted Mar 1, 1928 Bulgaria joins the axis powers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwEcK5FVm64 Jun 14, 1931 USSR gains control over the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) Dec 16, 1932 Battle of the bulge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfTmDGHLEHk Feb 19, 1936 Batlle of Iwo Jima https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9rMTlJNcIQ Sep 3, 1936 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_plk59qZc8 May 10, 1938 Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France fall. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/fall-of-france/#:~:text=Between%209%20May%20and%2022,Luxembourg%2C%20the%20Netherlands%20and%20Belgium. Jun 10, 1938 Italy joins the war and, on June 27th, invades southern France 1939 Battle of the atlantic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIo9pWtTD6M Aug 23, 1939 Germany and the Soviet union (USSR) sign the Nazi-Soveit pact https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-soviet-pact#:~:text=The%20German%2DSoviet%20Pact%20was%20an%20agreement%20signed%20by%20Nazi,Minister%20Vyacheslav%20Molotov%20negotiated%20it. Sep 1, 1939 Germany attacks Poland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLAqVtXph8w Sep 17, 1939 USSR attacks Poland from the east, Poland soon fails and is divided between the Germanys and Russians 1940 Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the Axis powers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N42N6jEUjQw Jun 10, 1940 Battle of Britain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sO5AXP2RjM Sep 13, 1940 Italie invades British controlled Egypt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESovvSSWh0c Oct 28, 1940 Italy invades Greece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f27xX6vokPk 1941 German Afrika korps are sent to north https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Korps Jun 6, 1941 Operation overload, D-Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kr3-oGrkkA Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/61/germany-invades-denmark-and-norway/#:~:text=Under%20the%20code%20name%20'Operation,surrendered%20on%209%20June%201940. Aug 6, 1941 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1941 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki Sep 3, 1941 Italy surrenders unconditionally Dec 8, 1941 The united states declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy soon declare war on the united states https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDM3LhnEbTQ Dec 8, 1941 The Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina, and Singapore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi8Av0e0T4Y Apr 9, 1942 The Bataan Death March begins as the Imperial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to march 60 tortured-filled miles. May 4, 1942 The Battle of Coral sea Jun 1, 1942 1st battle of EI Alamein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3v5drQc978 Jun 3, 1942 The Battle of Midway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HkBW7X7LaU Aug 7, 1942 The Battle of Guadalcanal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_QhTdzWBJk Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkELWFqGKQ Oct 23, 1942 2nd battle of Alamein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3v5drQc978 Aug 15, 1943 V-J Day Apr 1, 1944 Battle of Okinawa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnDJ7Nez-M Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4NPeiB2Sl8 Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#:~:text=Truman%20was%20elected%20vice%20president,Project%20and%20the%20atomic%20bomb. Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is executed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Vth4ald9Y Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNV5pP-5FM0 May 8, 1945 V-E Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faM-f4lo9EA Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Nov 30, 1945 Winter War between USSR and Finland. War ends when Finland cedes border lands to the USSR. Dec 7, 1952 The Japanese launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in pearl harbor, Hawaii
