WWII Timeline

By sonicsilva1
  • Versailles Treaty

    Versailles Treaty

    Signed after WWI, putting blame on Germany for causing the war. League of Nations is created
  • Nazi Party Begins

    Nazi Party Begins

    Also known as the German Workers' Party forms in Munich Germany
  • Stalin: Leader of USSR

    Stalin: Leader of USSR

  • Mussolini: Prime Minister of Italy

    Mussolini: Prime Minister of Italy

  • Mein Kampf Published

    Mein Kampf Published

    Hitler's book about his struggles is published. This fuels his ideas for world domination and revenge on the League of Nations and the Versailles Treaty
  • Hitler: Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler: Chancellor of Germany

  • U.S. releases Neutrality Acts

  • Neville Chamberlain: P.M of Britain

    Neville Chamberlain: P.M of Britain

  • Germany invades Austria

    Germany invades Austria

  • Munich Pact Signed

    Munich Pact Signed

    Signed by Prime Minster of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, France, and Italy meet with Germany in Munich to appease Hitler to stop his aggression.

  • Non-Aggression Pact

    Signed by Germany and Russia to not shoot each other
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Using dangerous tactics such as Blitzkrieg, bombing in quick successions, and the use of heavy-armored tanks, the Germans had made an immediate cause of WW2
  • U.S Enters Great Depression

    U.S Enters Great Depression

  • Winston Churchill: P.M. of Britain

    Winston Churchill: P.M. of Britain

    Neville Chamberlain dies, replaced by Winston
  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    Miracle at Dunkirk

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

  • Tripartite Pact Signed

    Tripartite Pact Signed

    Forms the Axis Powers

  • U.S. Embargo on oil from Japan

  • Hideki Tōjō: Prime Minister of Japan

    Hideki Tōjō: Prime Minister of Japan

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    U.S. Enters WWII
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

  • Italy surrenders to Allied Forces

  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Victory of the War in Europe
  • Hiroshima bombing

    Hiroshima bombing

  • Nagasaki Bombing

  • V-J Day

    V-J Day

    Victory of the War with the Japanese: marks the end of WWII
  • United Nations created

    United Nations created

  • Cold War Begins

    Cold War Begins

  • NATO founded

    NATO founded

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact