WWII Timeline

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Chancellor in Germany. He promised to change things in Germany. He was a great speaker.
  • First Concentration Camp

    First Concentration Camp

    March 22, 1933 was the day that the first concentration camp was opened in Dachau.
  • Boycott

    Boycott

    April 1st was the start of boycotting any business ran by Jews. That includes stores, offices, accounting firms, doctors, etc.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    Germany had a victory by the end of the month. The invasion was a secert deal between Hitler and Stalin. If Hitler invaded then Stalin gets half of Poland.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. Japan had only did 2 out of 3 waves of attack. Japan didn't hit all of the United States big ships.
  • Declaring war on Japan

    Declaring war on Japan

    America declares war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • Attacking Tokyo

    Attacking Tokyo

    America attacked Tokyo with atomic bombs.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Was a battle in the Pacific Theater of WW11.
  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    First US. offensive battle. Took the United States 6 months to win.
  • Italian government overthrown

    Italian government overthrown

    Mussolini is overthrown of the Italian Government.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Omar Bradley lead 150,000 troops across the English Channel. 10,000 troops were killed, they fought Blitzkrieg style.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    A meeting between Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill that was set to discuss postwar peace.
  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler commited suicide in his underground bunker. With his new wife and his dog.
  • Victory in Europe

    Victory in Europe

    End of war in Europe. Europe won.
  • Demanded Japan to Surrender

    Demanded Japan to Surrender

    The United States had demaned Japan to surrender. "Prompt and Utter destruction"
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    Hiroshima was a city in Japan that was destoryed by an atomic bomb that was made by the United States. It was also the first town that got bombed by the United States during WW2.
  • Soviets Join War

    Soviets Join War

    The Soviets joined the war against Japan. Three months after they joined the war the war had ended 3 months later.
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki

    There were over 80,000 people killed because of the bombing. It was the second bombing on Japan by the United States. "Fat Man"
  • Emperor Hirohito

    Emperor Hirohito

    Tokyo petitioned for peace, hoping that Hirohito would return.
  • WW11 Comes to an End

    WW11 Comes to an End

    There was a celebration on the USS Missouri battleship,