WWII Timeline

  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung army of the Empire of Jaoan immediately following the Mukden incident. the Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo and their occupation lasted until the end of the war. this is important because this is the beginning ofnthe start of the war.
  • Hitler made Chancellor of Germany

    was apoointed as the chancellor by President Paul Von Hindenbury. This appointed was made in an effort to keep HItler and the Nazi Party "in check" this is important because this is when things started to go down hill
  • The Anschluss

    was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany this is importsnt because this is the first attempt t fight
  • kristallnacht

    progromacht and novmber programe was a program against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria
  • Invasion of Poland

    Defensive war or the Fourth Partition of Poland in Poland and the Poland campaign or fall weiss in Germany was an invasion of Poland by Germany Soviet Union and a small Solvak contingent this is important because this is the start of WWII
  • Dunkirk

    a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alterative to defeat the Russians. this is important because is was concidered a mirical
  • Atrack on Peral Harbor

    this was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against US naval base at Peral Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of Dececmber 7th this is important because this is when the US desided to get involved in the war
  • Bataan Death March

    The Japanese forced American and Filipino prisoners to march, the march was 63 miles long this is important because the american and philipiono soldiers were treated brutally
  • Battle of MIdway

    Navel battle american planes based on land and carries decisvely defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway islands this is important because the US destroyed japans navel base
  • D-Day

    Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy this was considered the harshes battle yet
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Adolf Hitler ordered the German Counteroffensive of the war to split the Allied armies by a surprise blitzkrieg.
    this is important because this is where the Allies were split up
  • Yalta Conference

    a conference held in Yalta where Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill planned the final stages of WWII and agreed to the terrir=torial division of Europe this is important because there were decisions regarding the future
  • VE-Day

    the day marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945 this is important because it was very exciting and a good sign
  • VJ-Day

    Japan ceased fighting in World War II or the day when japan formally surrenderd. this is importanted because it waas i big sign of relief
  • The Bombing of Hiroshima

    The Allied Manhattan Project had develooped and tested atomic bombs and the US Army and Air forces wa equipt with silverplate boeing B-29 Uperfortress that could be delivered from Tinain in the Mariana Islands this is important because of the development of strategic bombing towards the end of the war