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WWII Timeline Project

By CraSheena
  • Mussolini and Fascism came to Power in Italy

    Mussolini and Fascism came to Power in Italy

    Mussolin made Italy a Fascist country. Fascism is when the government has complete control over the military.
  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Gen. Honjo ordere his forces to expand operations along the South Manchurian Railway to capture the people in Manchuria.
  • Hitler and Nazis came to Power in Germany

    Hitler and Nazis came to Power in Germany

    Hitler becomes leader of the Nazis. Hitler placed all Jews in concentration camps.
  • Neutrality Act passed in the U.S.

    Neutrality Act passed in the U.S.

    Prohibited the export of "arms, ammonition. and implements of the war" from the U.S.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas in Czechoslavakia.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Night of The Broken Glass
  • Germany and USSR sign the Nonaggression Pact

    Germany and USSR sign the Nonaggression Pact

    Signatory that promised not to attack the other.
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Poland declares war on Germany initiating WWII
  • Battle of the Atlantic

    Battle of the Atlantic

    War's longest continuos military campaign of WWII and most important. Ended in 1945
  • France falls to Germany

    France falls to Germany

    German penetrated France's last lines of defense.
  • Rescue at Dunkirk

    Rescue at Dunkirk

    Evacuation of British Expeditory Force and other allied troops from the french seaport.
  • Formation of Axis Powers

    Formation of Axis Powers

    Germany, Italy, and Japan signed with the Axis Pact
  • Presidential Election of 1940

    Presidential Election of 1940

    Franklin D. Roosevelt won 449 electoral votes
  • Congress pass the Lend Lease Act

    Congress pass the Lend Lease Act

    Provided U.S. military aid to foreign nations during the WWII
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

    Surprise military apstrike conducted by the imperial Japanese Navy against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
  • Relocation of Japanese Americans to Camps

    Relocation of Japanese Americans to Camps

    Roosevelt created the WRA for American "relocation, maintenance, and supervision"
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    Forced march of America and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese during WWII.
  • Battle of the Midway Island

    Battle of the Midway Island

    U.S. Navy decisively defeated an attack by imperial Japanese Navy
  • Rosie Riveter Campaign Encourage Women to get a Job

    Rosie Riveter Campaign Encourage Women to get a Job

    Encourage women to volunteer for wartime service in factories.
  • D-Day Invasion

    D-Day Invasion

    Normandy France, Allied troops landed on beaches of Normandy and turned the tides of WWII.
  • Allied Invasion Victory in the Phillipines

    Allied Invasion Victory in the Phillipines

    Sent troops to invade and occupy northeastern Burma.
  • Presidential Election in 1944

    Presidential Election in 1944

    Franklin D. Roosevelt won w/ 432 electoral votes
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Major WWII conference of the three chief Allied leaders, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project

    Produced the 1st atomic bomb during WWII led by U.S. w/ UK and Canada
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Chief Commander crossed Rhine after having smashed through strongly force
  • Battle of Bulge

    Battle of Bulge

    Germans launched the last major offensive of the war Operation Mist.
  • Bomibing in Hiroshima amd Nagasaki

    Bomibing in Hiroshima amd Nagasaki

    Used a massive atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan
  • Surrender of Japan

    Surrender of Japan

    Brought the hostilities of the WWII to an end.
  • Formation of Nation

    Formation of Nation

    Pledged to use their full resources against Axis and Agreeing not to make a seperate peace.