WWI to WWII By jocy1112 Jun 23, 1914 Assassination of Franz Period: Jul 27, 1914 to Jan 23, 1946 WWI- WWII Timeline Jul 28, 1914 Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia War begins. Aug 23, 1914 Battle of Tannenberg Feb 21, 1916 Battle of Verdun May 31, 1916 Battle of Jutland Apr 2, 1917 U.S. Declares War Nov 10, 1917 USSR withdraws from the War Apr 1, 1918 RAF Formed Sep 23, 1918 Battle of St. Mihiel Nov 3, 1918 Austrian- Hungarian Empire Surrenders Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 Ends Jan 30, 1933 President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany Mar 20, 1933 SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Germany attacks Western Europe (France and the Low Countries) Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearls Harbor and the U.S. declares war the next day Dec 11, 1941 Nazi Germany declares war on the United States Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising begins Oct 1, 1943 Rescue of Jews in Denmark Aug 15, 1944 Allied forces land in Southern France Aug 25, 1944 Liberation of Paris Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex Apr 29, 1945 American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the western Allies May 9, 1945 Germany srrenders to the Soviets
