WWII events

By ZaneTimmer

  • Neutrality Act

    Neutrality acts were passed by the US congress because of the growing conflict in Asia and Europe

  • Rise of Fascism and Nazism

    Adolfo Hitler the Nazi party leader, took over and made Germany a fascist state.

  • Germany's expansion and annexation

    Germany's expansion of territory and annexation of Austria

  • Signing of the Non-Aggression Pact (Germany and U.S.S.R.)

    The two countries agreed to have no aggression for the next 10 years

  • Blitzkrieg attack on Poland

    Germany attacked Poland and within a month Poland had surrendered

  • Lend-Lease act

    US providing military aid to foreign nations

  • Battle of Britain

    German air raids against the UK by the German Luftwaffe

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Japanese bombed the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor

  • Invasion of Africa by Eisenhower

    Eisenhower proved successful in Italy and Africa

  • Battle of Midway

    Major battle in the Pacific Theatre

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Germany attacked Stalingrad, Soviet Union

  • Transition of the US Homefront to war production

    Full war production had been achieved in the US to support the war efforts

  • D-Day

    The landing of allied forces on the occupied beaches of Normandy.

  • Liberation of Madjdanek

    First concentration camp to be liberated by the allies

  • Battle of the Bulge

    German offensive campaign through Belgium, France, and Luxembourg

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    American naval invasion of the island of Iwo Jima

  • Battle of Okinawa

    The largest naval assault in the Pacific Theatre of WWII

  • V-E day

    Day officialy ending the war in Europe

  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th and Nagasaki on August 9th

  • V-J Day

    Official surrender of Japan to the allied forces