WWII Timeline

By Andrew Romano
  • Anschluss (European Theater)

    Anschluss (European Theater)

    Unification of Austria and Germany
  • Munich Conference (European Theater)

    Munich Conference (European Theater)

    Great Britain and France give Hitler Sudetenland
  • Germany invades Poland (European Theater)

    Germany invades Poland (European Theater)

    WWII begins
  • Non Aggression Pact (European Theater)

    Non Aggression Pact (European Theater)

    Germany and USSR agree no to fight
  • Miracle at Dunkirk (European Theater)

    Miracle at Dunkirk (European Theater)

    338,000 troops escape German Capture
  • Paris Captured (European Theater)

    Paris Captured (European Theater)

    France surrenders to Germany
  • Battle of Britain (European Theater)

    Battle of Britain (European Theater)

    3 month bombing of Great Britain
  • Pearl Harbor (Pacific Theater)

    Pearl Harbor (Pacific Theater)

    Japan unprovoked attack on the U.S.
  • Germany invades USSR (European Theater)

    Germany invades USSR (European Theater)

    Violates Non-Aggression Pact
  • USA declares war on Japan (Pacific Theater)

    USA declares war on Japan (Pacific Theater)

    FDR declares war on Japan the day after the Pearl Harbor attacks
  • Germany declares war on the U.S. (European Theater)

    Germany declares war on the U.S. (European Theater)

    Hitler declares war on the U.S. after the Pearl Harbor attacks
  • Doolittle Raid (Pacific Theater)

    Doolittle Raid (Pacific Theater)

    American bombs fall in Japan for the first time
  • Battle of Midway (Pacific Theater)

    Battle of Midway (Pacific Theater)

    Turning point in war with Japan
  • Battle of Stalingrad (European Theater)

    Battle of Stalingrad (European Theater)

    Turning tide in the war for the Allies
  • Kasserine Pass (European Theater)

    Kasserine Pass (European Theater)

    First U.S. battle against Germany (bad loss for U.S.)
  • Rome Falls (European Theater)

    Rome Falls (European Theater)

    Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed
  • D-Day (European Theater)

    D-Day (European Theater)

    Allies land at Normandy- Liberation of France
  • MacArthur returns to the Philippines (Pacific Theater)

    MacArthur returns to the Philippines (Pacific Theater)

    Famous speech "I have returned"
  • Battle of the Bulge (European Theater)

    Battle of the Bulge (European Theater)

    Last German offensive - Allies win
  • Iwo Jima (Pacific Theater)

    Iwo Jima (Pacific Theater)

    Island captures by U.S. Marines raise flag
  • V-E-Day (European Theater)

    V-E-Day (European Theater)

    WWII ends in Europe
  • Atomic Bomb dropped (Pacific Theater)

    Atomic Bomb dropped (Pacific Theater)

    Over 120,00 die in Hiroshima
  • V-J-Day (Pacific Theater)

    V-J-Day (Pacific Theater)

    WWII ends in Japan