Timeline: WWII Timeline

Nov 11, 1918

End of WW1

WW1 ends with German defeat

Apr 28, 1919

Leauge of Nations founded

Jun 28, 1919

Signing of the tresty of Versallies

World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations.

Jul 29, 1921

Hitler becomes leader

Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

On the night of January 30, 1933, the Nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany

Oct 13, 1933

Germany quits the leauge of nations

Jul 25, 1934

Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss.

Mar 16, 1935

Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.

Sep 15, 1935

German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws.

Feb 10, 1936

Gestapo

gestapo is placed above the law
Olymipc games also start in Berlin

Aug 23, 1939

Nazis and Soviets sign Pact.

Soviet Russia' Foreign Minister Molotov signs the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact while German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop. News of the Pact stunned the world and paved the way for the beginning of World War II with Hitler assured his troops would not have to fight a war on two fronts.

Sep 1, 1939

Nazis Invade Poland

Nazis invade Poland

Sep 3, 1939

Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.

Sep 10, 1939

Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.

Oct 1, 1939

Nazis begin murder

Code named "Aktion T 4," the Nazi euthanasia program to eliminate "life unworthy of life" at first focused on newborns and very young children. Midwives and doctors were required to register children up to age three who showed symptoms of mental retardation, physical deformity, or other symptoms included on a questionnaire from the Reich Health Ministry.

Jun 22, 1941

Germans attack Russia

German soldiers battle the Russians after the start of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Soviet Russia.

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese attack pearl harbor

The Americans are taken completely by surprise. The first attack wave targets airfields and battleships. The second wave targets other ships and shipyard facilities. The air raid lasts until 9:45 a.m. Eight battleships are damaged, with five sunk.

Dec 8, 1941

United States and Britain declare war on Japan.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Declaration of War against Japan, December 8, 1941

Jun 6, 1944

D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.

General Eisenhower gives the order of the day "Full victory - Nothing else" to paratroopers in England just before they board airplanes in the first D-Day assault.

Oct 21, 1944

Massive German surrender at Aachen, Germany.

Apr 30, 1945

Adolf Hitler commits suicide.

Hitler and his wife then went back into their private quarters while Bormann and Goebbels remained quietly nearby. Several moments later a gunshot was heard.