WW2 Timeline

Invasion of China

Jul 7, 1937

Japan invades China, to initiate WW2 in the pacific.

Securing Poland

Mar 31, 1939

France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.

Poland Invasion

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland initiating WW2 in Europe

Soviet Invasion

Sep 17, 1939

The Soviet Union invades Poland from the East.

Poland Defeated

Sep 27, 1939

Warsaw surrendered, Germany and Soviets divide Poland.

Norway and Denmark

Apr 9, 1940

Germany invades Norway and Denmark, and they both surrender.

Italy enters the war

Jun 10, 1940

Italy enters the war and invades southern France.

Egypt Invaded

Sep 13, 1940

Italian invaded British controlled Egypt.

Tripartite Act

Sep 27, 1940

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

Battle of Britain

Oct 31, 1940

Battle of Britain ended in defeat for Nazi Germany.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

War declared on the US.

Dec 11, 1941

Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.

Japanese Naval advance was halted.

1942

British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.

Japanese island hopping stopped.

1942

US troops halt the Japanese island-hopping advance towards Australia at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

Allied troops land

Sep 9, 1943

Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples.

Kiev liberated

Nov 6, 1943

Soviet troops liberate Kiev.

Atomic bombs dropped

1945

The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and three days later the United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

WW2 is Over

Aug 14, 1945

Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.