WWII Timeline

By mackenzie47

  • Anchluss

    Unification of Germany and Austria
    (E)

  • Munich Conference

    GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland
    (E)

  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German capture
    (E)

  • Non Aggression Pact

    Germany and USSR agree to not fight
    (E)

  • Germany invades Poland

    Start of WWII
    (E)

  • Paris Captured France

    France surrenders to Germany
    (E)

  • Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing if Great Britain
    (E)

  • Battle of Midway

    Turning point in war with Japan
    (P)

  • U.S. declares war on Japan

    FDR makes a speech to Congress "..a date that will in infamy"
    (P)

  • Germany invades USSR

    Violates Nonaggression Treaty
    (E)

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan unprovoked attack of U.S.
    (P)

  • Germany declares war on U.S.

    Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
    (E)

  • Doolittle Raid

    American bombs fall in Japan for the first time
    (P)

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    10 month battle ends; turning point in war
    (E)

  • MacArthur Returns to Philiphines

    Famous speech "I have returned"
    (P)

  • D-Day

    Allies land in Normandy - Liberation of France
    (E)

  • Kasserine Pass

    First US battle against Germany (Bad Loss)
    (E)

  • Rome Falls

    Italy surrendered and Mussolini is executed
    (E)

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Last German Offense - Allies Win
    (E)

  • Atomic Bombs dropped

    Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
    (P)

  • V-J-Day

    WWII ends in Japan
    (P)

  • Iwo Jima

    Island captured by US: Marines raise flag
    (P)

  • V-E-Day

    WWII ends in Europe
    (E)