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WWII Timeline

  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders
    Germany surrenders
  • Kristallnact

    Kristallnact
    "Night of Broken Glass", also known as the start of the Holocaust
  • September 1939

    September 1939
    Germany invades Poland; France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
  • Strike on France

    Strike on France
    Hitler swept through the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, all as a part of a strategy to strike at France
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    France surrenders to Germany; battle of Britain begins
  • End of the Battle of Britain

    End of the Battle of Britain
    Battle of Britain ends
  • Germany Invasion

    Germany Invasion
    Germans invade the Soviet Union
  • America enters the war

    America enters the war
    America enters the war
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    Allies defeat Japan at Battle of Midway
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    Battle of Stalingrad
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein
    Battle of El Alamein
  • Invasion of North Africa

    Invasion of North Africa
    Allies invade North Africa
  • Germans Surrender at Stalingrad

    Germans Surrender at Stalingrad
    Allies defeat Japan at Guadalcanal, and Germans surrender at Stalingrad
  • Surrender of Italy to Germany

    Surrender of Italy to Germany
    Italy surrendered to Germany
  • D-Day Invasion

    D-Day Invasion
    D-Day invasion takes place
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf

    Battle of Leyte Gulf
    Japanese suffer devastating defeat at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    Battle of the Bulge
  • Warsaw

    Warsaw
    When soviet soldiers entered the city of Warsaw
  • Period: to

    End of the War

    Allies use atomic bombs; Japan surrenders