WWII

Start of the War

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

Soviets Invade Poland

Sep 17, 1939

They came from the east

New Members to the Axis

1940

Hungary joins November 20th
Romania joins November 22nd
Slovakia joins November 23rd

Phony War

Apr 9, 1940

Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack but Norway held out until June 9th

Italy Enters the War

Jun 10, 1940

Italy invades south of France June 21st

Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

Germany ,Italy ,and Japan sign the pact.

Soviets Invaded

Jun 22, 1941

Nazi Germany and Axis allies invade the USSR

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

U.S. joins the war

Dec 8, 1941

Initially declaring war on Japan

Axis Declare War on U.S

Dec 11, 1941

British Bomb Germany

May 30, 1942

Battle Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Turning point in war for allies in pacific

Battle at Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

U.S stop Japanese Island Hopping

Axis In Tunisia Surrender to Allies

May 13, 1943

Ended north African campaign

Allies Liberate Rome

Jun 4, 1944

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allies Storm beaches of Normandy

U.S. lands in the Phillipines

Oct 20, 1944

Battle of the Buldge

Dec 16, 1944

Germany's last offensive battle in the west, attempt to reconquer Belgium

Soviets Final Offense

Apr 16, 1945

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Victory In Europe

May 8, 1945

Little Boy

Aug 6, 1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Soviets Declare war on Japan

Aug 8, 1945

Invade Manchuria

Fat Man

Aug 9, 1945

U.S drops bomb on Nagasaki

Japan Surrender

Sep 2, 1945