WWII Events

  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler

    Became the chancellor of Germany
  • Axis Powers

    Axis Powers

    Germany, Italy, Japan form an alliance.
  • Annexation

    Annexation

    Germany annexes Austria.
  • Appeasement

    Appeasement

    Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement.
  • Period: to

    Violating Agreement

    Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands.
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
  • Invasion

    Invasion

    Germany invades Poland
  • War

    War

    Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
  • Period: to

    Phony War

    Britain and France declare war on Germany and mobilized their armies along the Maginot line.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    The night where the Nazi's broke into the ghettos and killed the jews.
  • Fall of France

    Fall of France

    Known as the battle of France
  • Operation Sea Lion

    Operation Sea Lion

    Invasion of Britain
  • Operation Sea Lion called off/End of Battle of Britain

    Operation Sea Lion called off/End of Battle of Britain

    The battle was called off due to many allied planes destroyed.
    (no pictures of Operation Sea Lion called off.)
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan surprise attacks the United States destroying the Navy, Army, and Air Force.
  • Wannsee Conference - When the "Final Solution" was decided.

    Wannsee Conference - When the "Final Solution" was decided.

    The meeting of German government officials.
  • Battle of Britain Begins

    Battle of Britain Begins

    Britains Air Force was significantly better than the Germans.