ww2 timeline

By mondeaux

  • Anschluss

    Unification of Austria and Germany

  • Munich Conference

    Sudetenland is given up to Hitler by France and Great Britain

  • Non Aggression Pact

    Germany and USSR Agree not to fight
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    Germany Invade Poland

    Start of world war 2
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    Miracle at Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German capture

  • Paris Captured

    France surrenders to Germany
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    Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great Britain

  • Hitler allies with Japan

    Hoped for help against the USSR

  • Germany invades USSR

    Violated Nonaggression Pact

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japanese planes attacked US naval base

  • US declare war on Japan

    FDR makes a speech to congress

  • Germany declares war on US

    Response to Provocations by the US

  • Doolittle Raid

    First bombs dropped on Japan

  • Battle of Midway

    A turning point for Japan

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    10 month long battle, ends turning point in war

  • Kasserine Pass

    First US Battle against Germany

  • Rome Falls

    Italy surrenders and executes Mussolini
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    D-Day

    Allies land at Normandy, Liberations of France

  • MacArthur returns to the Pillipines

    famous speech "I have returned"
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    Battle of the Bulge

    Last German Offensive, Allies Win
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    Island captured by US, Marines raise flag

  • V-E Day

    WW2 Ends in Europe

  • Atomic bomb dropped

    120,000 dies in Hiroshima

  • V-J Day

    WW2 Ends in Japan