wwii timeline

  • Invasion of Manchuria

    Invasion of Manchuria

    Japans Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria.
  • The Munich Agreement

    The Munich Agreement

    Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement, which meant Czechoslovakia had to surrender its border regions and defenses to Nazi Germany.
  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland

    Nazi Germany, The Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union.
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    Fall of Paris

    The Germans took over the City of Paris.
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    Battle of Britain

    The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom from the Germans.
  • Start of Operation Barbarossa

    Start of Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Midway was a naval battle in the pacific that took place 6 months after Pearl Harbor
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    Stalingrad

    The German Nazis were fighting the Soviet Union on the eastern front. Germany won.
  • Invasion of Italy

    Invasion of Italy

    The allies invaded Italy which was a follow up of the invasion of Sicily.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    The allies stormed the Beaches of Normandy. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
  • Liberation of Paris

    Liberation of Paris

    Germany surrendered under the French Capital.
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    Iwo Jima

    The US Marine and Navy captured the island of Iwo Jima from the imperial Japanese.
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    Battle of Okinawa

    The US Army and US Marines fought the Imperial Japanese on the Island of Okinawa.
  • Victory and Europe Day

    Victory and Europe Day

    Germany surrendered its military forces to the Allies.
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The US dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
  • Victory over Japan Day

    Victory over Japan Day

    Japan surrendered to the US on this day and WWII ended on this day.
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    Nuremberg Trials

    The allies held trials against the Nazis that were involved in war crimes.