WW2 Timeline

By nickogara528
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss

    Unification of Austria & Germany
  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement

    Great Britain and France give Hitler Sudetenland
  • Nonaggression Pact

    Nonaggression Pact

    Germany and USSR agree not to fight
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Start of WW2
  • Paris Captured

    Paris Captured

    France Surrenders to Germany
  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    Miracle at Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German capture
  • Germany invades USSR

    Germany invades USSR

    Violates Non-Aggression Treasury
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan unprovoked attack on U.S.
  • U.S. declares war on Japan

    U.S. declares war on Japan

    FDR makes speech "a day that will live in infamy"
  • Germany declares war on U.S.

    Germany declares war on U.S.

    Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Turning point in war with Japan
  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    10 month battle ends turning point in war
  • Kasserine Pass

    Kasserine Pass

    First U.S. battle against Germany(bad loss)
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allies land in Normandy- Liberation of France
  • Rome Falls

    Rome Falls

  • MacArthur Returns to Phillipines

    MacArthur Returns to Phillipines

    Famous Speech, "I have returned!"
  • Battle of Bulge

    Battle of Bulge

    Last German Offense- Allies Win
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima

    Island Captured by U.S. Marines raise flag
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    WW2 ends in Europe
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped

    Atomic Bomb Dropped

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

    V-J Day

    WW2 ends in Japan