WWII

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Europe

Nuremberg (Anti Jewish) Laws Enacted

Sep 15, 1935

Occured in Europe

Anschluss-German Annexation of Austria

Period: Mar 11, 1938 to Mar 13, 1938

Europe

Kristallnacht - Night of Broken Glass

Period: Nov 9, 1938 to Nov 10, 1938

Occured in Europe

Italy, Led by Mussolini ally with Germany

May 22, 1939

Occured in Europe

Germany Invades Poland

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Oct 6, 1939

Occured in Europe

Britain and France Declare War on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Occured in Europe

Miracle of Dunkirk- Operation Dynamo

Period: May 27, 1940 to Jun 4, 1940

Occured in Europe

Germany Takes Paris - France signs armistice surrendering to Germans-

Jun 22, 1940

Occured in Europe

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Occured in Europe

Battle of Britain

Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

Occured in Europe

Warsaw Ghetto Created

Oct 16, 1940

Occured in Europe

Hitler invades Soviet Union - Operation Barbarossa-

Jun 22, 1941

Occured in Europe

Attack of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Occured in the Pacific

U.S. Enters the War and Declares War on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

Occured in the Pacific

Bataan Death March

Period: Apr 9, 1942 to Apr 17, 1942

Occured in Europe

Battle of Midway-

Jun 4, 1942

Occured in the Pacific

Battle of Midway

Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Occured in the Pacific

Battle of Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

Occured in the Pacifics

Battle of Guadalcanal

Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 9, 1943

Occured in the Pacific

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Occured in Europe

Battle of Stalingrad

Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

Occured in Europe

Operation Torch - Invasion of North Africa

Period: Nov 8, 1942 to Nov 16, 1942

Occured in Europe

Italy Surrenders

Sep 8, 1943

Occured in Europe

D-Day Allied Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

Occured in Europe

Battle of Saipan

Period: Jun 15, 1944 to Jul 9, 1944

Occured in the Pacific

Liberation of Paris

Period: Aug 19, 1944 to Aug 25, 1944

Occured in Europe

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Oct 23, 1944

Occured in the Pacific

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Period: Oct 23, 1944 to Oct 26, 1944

Occured in the Pacific

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Occured in Europe

Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Occured in Europe

Nuremberg Trials - Nazis Put on Trial for War Crimes

Period: 1945 to 1946

Occured in Europe

Liberation of Auschwitz

Jan 27, 1945

Occured in Europe

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

Occured in the Pacific

Battle of Iwo Jima

Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Occured in the Paficic

Battle of Okinawa

Period: Apr 1, 1945 to Jun 22, 1945

Occured in the Pacific

Battle of Berlin

Apr 16, 1945

Occured in Europe

Battle of Berlin

Period: Apr 16, 1945 to May 2, 1945

Occured in Europe

Mussolini Captured and Executed

Apr 28, 1945

Occured in Europe

Mussolini Captured and Executed

Apr 30, 1945

Occured in Europe

Germany Surrenders-

May 7, 1945

Occured in Europe

VE Day (Victory in Europe)

May 8, 1945

Occured in Europe

Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945

Japan Surrenders Ending the War

Sep 2, 1945

United Nations Formed

Oct 24, 1945