WW2 Timeline

  • Anschluss

    Anschluss

    Unification of Austria and Germany (European)
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland (European)
  • Nonaggression Pact

    Nonaggression Pact

    Germany and USSR agree not to fight (European)
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Start of WW2 (European)
  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    Miracle at Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German capture (European)
  • Paris Captured

    Paris Captured

    France surrenders to Germany (European)
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great Britain (European)
  • Germany Invades USSR

    Germany Invades USSR

    Violates Nonagression Treaty (European)
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan unprovoked attack on U.S. (Pacific)
  • U.S. Declared War on Japan

    U.S. Declared War on Japan

    FDR makes speech to congress..."a date that will live in infamy" (Pacific)
  • Germany Declares War on U.S.

    Germany Declares War on U.S.

    Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR (European)
  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid

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

    Battle of Midway

    Turning point in war for Japan (Pacific)
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    10 month battle ends Turning point in War (European)
  • Kasserine Pass

    Kasserine Pass

    First U.S. Battle against Germany (Bad Loss) (European)
  • Rome Falls

    Rome Falls

    Italy surrendered and Mussolini was executed (European)
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allies land at Normandy - Liberation of France (European)
  • MacArthur Returns to Philippines

    MacArthur Returns to Philippines

    Famous speech "I Have Returned" (Pacific)
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    Last German offensive - Allies win (European)
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima

    Island Captured by U.S. Marines Raise Flag (Pacific)
  • V-E-Day

    V-E-Day

    WW2 Ends in Europe (European)
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped

    Atomic Bomb Dropped

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

    V-J-Day

    WW2 Ends in Japan (Pacific)