WWII Timeline

Annexation of Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

those involved? Germany and Czechoslovakia

Pact of Steel signed

Mar 22, 1939

Countries involved? Germany and Italy

Invasion of Poland (Germany)

Sep 1, 1939

Declaration of War of Germany (by France)

Sep 3, 1939

Invasion of Poland (Soviets)

Sep 17, 1939

Partition of Poland

Sep 29, 1939

Invasion of the Low Countries and France begins; Blitzkrieg used against the West

May 10, 1940

Beginning of the evacuation of Dunkirk

May 26, 1940

France and other allied troops involved

France surrenders to Germany

Jun 22, 1940

France and Germany

Battle of Britain begins

Jul 10, 1940

Britain air force vs German air force

Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed

Sep 27, 1940

signed by Germany, Italy and Japan

Lend-Lease Act signed

Mar 11, 1941

United States supplied the UK, Soviet Union, China, France, and other allies with materials.

Operation Barbarossa begins

Jun 22, 1941

Germany vs. Soviet Union

Final Solution begins

Jun 25, 1941

Germans abandon attack on Moscow

Dec 4, 1941

Germany vs. Russia

Pearl Harbor bombed

Dec 7, 1941

Japan vs. U.S

United States declare war on Germany and Japan

Dec 8, 1941

U.S vs. Japan and Germany

Auschwitz opened

Jun 1, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad begins

Sep 13, 1942

Germany and allies vs. Soviet

German and Italian surrender in North Africa

May 13, 1943

Germany and Italy vs. North Africa

Allies land in Sicily

Jul 9, 1943

Italy surrenders

Sep 3, 1943

Italy declares war on Germany

Oct 13, 1943

Italy vs. Germany

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allies vs. Germany in France

Assasination attempt of Hitler fails

Jul 20, 1944

Battle of the Bulge begins

Dec 16, 1944

Germans vs. allies

Mussolini hanged

Apr 28, 1945

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Postdam Conference

Jul 16, 1945

through Aug. 2nd 1945. Soviet, British and U.S

Hiroshima bombed

Aug 6, 1945

U.S vs. Japan

Nagasaki bombed

Aug 9, 1945

U.S vs. Japan

V-J Day

Aug 14, 1945

Japan surrenders to U.S

UN established

Oct 24, 1945

Nuremberg Trials begin

Nov 20, 1945