WWII

Japan invades Chine initiating WWII in the Pacific

Jul 7, 1937

Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and France sign the Munich agreement

Sep 29, 1938

France and Great Britain guarantee the safety of the borders of Poland

Mar 31, 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement

Aug 23, 1939

Germany invades Poland and starts WWII in Europe

Sep 1, 1939

Honoring their guarantee of Poland's borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Italy joins the war and invades southern France on June 21

Jun 10, 1940

Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya

Sep 13, 1940

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

United States declares war on Japan entering WWII

Dec 8, 1941

British and US forces successfully land on the Normandy beaches in France

Jun 6, 1944

allied forces land in southern France near Nice and advance rapidly towards the Rhine River

Aug 15, 1944

US troops land in the Philippines

Oct 20, 1944

battle of the bulge

Dec 16, 1944

The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border. By January 1, 1945, the Germans are in retreat.

US troops cross the Rhine river at Remagen

Mar 7, 1945

the Soviets launch their final offense, ecircling Berlin

Apr 16, 1945

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

V-E day

May 8, 1945

victory in Europe day whcih marks the surrender of the Nazi's and their armed forces in Europe

US drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

Japan formally surrenders ending WWII

Sep 2, 1945