WWII

Occupation of Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Germany re-militarizes the Rhineland, Allies turn to appeasment.

Nonaggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

JOseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler sign a nonaggression pact.

German Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Poland falls to Germann Blitzkrieg forces.

Start of WWII

Sep 3, 1939

France and Britain declare war on Germany.

Soviet Invasion of Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Stalin sends forces to the north of poland. Latvia and Estonia fall as well.

Finland Falls to Soviets

Mar 1, 1940

Stalin's troops force finland to accept terms of surender.

France falls to Germany

Jun 22, 1940

French leaders surrender to German troops.

Battle of Britain

Sep 7, 1940

German forces bombed London and other large cities in Britain.

Germany Invades Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

As German forces push further into the Soviet Union, Stalin's forces use the "scorched earth" policy.

Battle of Leningrad

Sep 8, 1941

German forces begin 3-year long battle of leningrad.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs U.S naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U.S declares war on Japan

Battle of Midway

Jun 7, 1942

U.S defeats japan at Midway. This was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.

Guadalcanal

Aug 27, 1942

U.S soldiers land ashore at Guadalcanal.

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Oct 23, 1942

American forces defeated the Japanese navy.

Allied Invasion of Africa

Nov 8, 1942

Allies land in Algeria and Morrocco, starting operation torch

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

U.S, British, and Canadian Forces storm the beaches of normandy (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword).

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Germans attempt to break through American forces in the Ardennes. NAZI troops forced to retreat.

Iwo Jima

Mar 26, 1945

After a month of bitter fighting, U.S forces take the island of Iwo Jima.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies

Apr 12, 1945

America's longest lasting president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, died as Allied forces approached Berlin.

Adolf Hitler Dies

Apr 30, 1945

Rather than facing trial, Adolf Hitler and his newlywed wife, Eva Braun, commit suicide in Berlin headquarters.

U.S Tests First Atomic Bomb

Jul 16, 1945

The first atomic bomb exploded in a desert in New Mexico.

Bombing of Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

United States drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Bombing of Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

3 days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

Japan Surrenders

Sep 2, 1945

Japan surrenders to U.S.A in a ceromony aboard the U.S battleship Missouri.