WWII Timeline

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    The Nazis unleashed a wave of programs against Germany Jews. In a few hours the city was damaged or destroyed.
  • wannsee Conference

    wannsee Conference

    Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    Turning point of WWII. The battle at Stalingrad bled the German army dry in Russia and after this defeat the Germany Army was in full retreat.
  • Italy declares war on Germany

    Italy declares war on Germany

    Germany joins the battle on the side of the Allies.
  • Casablanca Conference

    Casablanca Conference

    The first war conference between the Allied Powers
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    In the wake of the allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy and France,
  • Operation Overlord

    Operation Overlord

    Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1944.
  • Anzio Invasion

    Anzio Invasion

    Americans has grown to maturity largely unaware of the political, social, and military implications of a war that, more than any other, united us as a people with a common purpose.
  • Liberation of Paris

    Liberation of Paris

    Only a matter of time after the success of D-Day in June 1944. The taking of Paris and its liberation would have been a massive change.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Agreed to meet to discuss war strategy and issues that would affect the postwar world.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Marks victory for allies on WWII
  • Nuremburg Trials

    Nuremburg Trials

    The men in the trials may be good fathers and good people sometimes but commited bad crimes