WWII

Enabling Act is Passed

Mar 29, 1933

This gave Hitler full power over Germany.

Hitler Creates a New Airforce

Mar 9, 1935

This is a violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

Nuremburg Laws Established

Sep 26, 1935

These racial laws deprived the Jews of things such as German citizenship and marriage between a Jew and a German.

Facist Italy Invades Ethiopia

Oct 26, 1935

Hitler Send Troops into the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

This is another violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

Hitler and Mussolini make an Alliance

Oct 26, 1936

Germany and Japan Ally against Communism

Nov 26, 1936

Hitler Annexed Austria to Germany

Mar 13, 1938

Hitler Demanded that Germany be given the Sudetenlad

Sep 15, 1938

Kritallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

On this night, Jewish synagogues and businesses were ransacked and burned. Also, around thirty thousand Jewish men were rounded up and sent to concentration camps.

Hitler took contol of Bohemia and Moravia

Mar 15, 1939

Nazi Soviet Nonagression Pact is Signed

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union invade Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union invade Poland and split the land. This was one of the leading causes of World War II.

Germany and the Soviet Union Divide Poland

Sep 28, 1939

Hitler Launched Blitzkrieg Attacks on Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

Hilter Launched Blitzkrieg Attacks on the Netherlands, Belgium, and France

May 10, 1940

Battle of Britain

Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

Hitler Invaded the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

Siege of Leningrad

Period: Sep 8, 1941 to Jan 27, 1944

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. This caused the United States to enter World War II.

Battle of Coral Sea

Period: May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942

Battle of Midway

Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Four Japanese carriers were destroyed which crumbled their navy

Battle of Stalingrad

Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

Germany suffered a severe loss due to the early and harsh winter

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

This was the day the Allies stormed Omaha Beach in Normandy, France to liberate France and invade Germany. This was a triumphant day for the Allies.

Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Bentio Mussolini Killed

Apr 28, 1945

Hitler Commited Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Nazis Surrender to the Allies

May 8, 1945

This marks the end of World War II.

Hiroshima Bombing

Aug 6, 1945

Nagasaki Bombing

Aug 6, 1945

Japan Surrenders

Sep 2, 1945

This ends the conflict between the U.S. and Japan.