WWII

By rayxXD

  • Jan 1, 1939

    Invasions of Poland by USSR and Germany, beginning World War II. Most of Poland is taken in days.

  • Jan 1, 1940

    Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg. All fall within weeks.

  • Jan 1, 1940

    Invasions of Poland by USSR and Germany, beginning World War II. Most of Poland is taken in days.

  • Jan 1, 1940

    Battle of Britain. Germany suffers its first defeat in the skies over England, and abandons invasion plans.

  • Jun 1, 1941

    Germany invades the USSR, opening what becomes known as the Eastern Front.

  • Dec 7, 1941

    the Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US enters the war, opening the Pacific Theatre.

  • Oct 1, 1942

    Battle of Stalingrad. Germany's entire Sixth Army is lost, and the war begins turning in favor of the Allies.

  • Jun 6, 1944

    the Allied Expeditionary Force under Dwight Eisenhower lands on the coast of northern France on what will later be called "D-Day". The "Second Front" that Stalin has been demanding for three years is now open

  • Apr 30, 1945

    Hitler commits suicide, shortly before the fall of Berlin and surrender of German forces in Europe.

  • Aug 1, 1945

    USA develops the atomic bomb, and successfully uses it in August to force the surrender of Japan.

  • Jan 1, 1943 – Jan 1, 1945

    Several failed assassination attempts on Hitler's life. Hitler has become too unstable to think rationally. Succession of major military losses follows.