Wwii

WWII Timeline

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler gets his first taste of what causes his hunger for power
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    WWII

  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement

    France and Great Britian give Studetenland to Germany in hopes of avoiding war
  • Nazi Soviet Non-Agression Pact

    Nazi Soviet Non-Agression Pact

    Germany makes an agreement with the Soviet Union that neither shall protect Poland and in turn, split the Polish land. Germany then invades Poland on September 1, 1939, officially starting WWII
  • Soviet Union

    Soviet Union

    Hitler breaks the Non-Agression Pact by invading the Soviet Union
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs the US base Pearl Harbor, forcing the US into the war
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Alleied forces fight for France in Normandy
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Victory is won over Europe
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    US bombs Japan with atomic bomb
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki

    US drops a second bomb on Japan forcing them to surrender and officially ending the war
  • V-J Day

    V-J Day

    Japan surrenders and will formally do so on September 2,1945