WWII Timeline

By |Havo|
  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf

    Book by Hitler were he set forth the basic beliefs of Nazism that became the plan for the Nazi party.
  • Benito Mussolini's fascits government in Italy

    Benito Mussolini's fascits government in Italy

    Stressed nationalism and placed interestes of the state above those of individuals.
  • Joseph Stalin's Totalitarian government in the Soviet Union

    Joseph Stalin's Totalitarian government in the Soviet Union

    Government that tried to exert complete control over its citizens.
  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Militarists launched a surpirse attack and seized control of the Chinese providence, Manchuria
  • Storm Troopers

    Storm Troopers

    6 million German's were unemployed. Hilter took men who were out of work to join his private army.
  • Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany

    Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany

    Germany was desperate and turned to Hilter and their last hope. He was elected as chancellor and later lead to country.
  • Third Reich

    Third Reich

    Also known as the third german empire. According to Hilter it was joining to last for 1,000 years.
  • Hitler's military build-up in Germany

    Hitler's military build-up in Germany

    He began a military build-up in violation of the treaty of Versailles.
  • Hilter invades the Rhineland

    Hilter invades the Rhineland

    He sent troops into Rhineland, a German region bordering France and Belgium that was demilitarized as a result from the treaty of Versailles.
  • Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia

    Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia

    Italy wanted to take over the last of Africa's independent countries.
  • Francisco Franco

    Francisco Franco

    General of Spanish army lead a rebellion against the Spanish Republic.
  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement

    German troops marched into Austria unopposed. A day later, Germany anonounched that its union with Austria was complete.
  • Rome-Berlin Axis

    Rome-Berlin Axis

    War forged a close relationship between German and Italian dictatiors.
  • Nonagression Pact

    Nonagression Pact

    Tensions rose over Poland, Stalin surprised everyone by signing with Hitler.
  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg

    Invasion was first test of Germany's newest military also know as lightining war.
  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Two days after the terror in Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany.
  • Phony War

    Phony War

    Blitzkrieg had given way to the "sitting war".
  • Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway

    Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway

    Germany invaded Denmark and Norway in order to "protect those countries freedom and independence.
  • Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands

    Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands

    Invaded Netherlands to plan to build bases to attack Britain, but was overrun.
  • Germany and Italy's invasion of France

    Germany and Italy's invasion of France

    Germany would occupy northern France and gov't set up in southern France.
  • Marshal Philippe Petain

    Marshal Philippe Petain

    Controlled Nazi government in France in the city of Vichy.
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain

    Germany bomb Britain repeatedly and the Britain started to bomb Germany
  • Peral Harbor attack

    Peral Harbor attack

    Japanese bomb Peral Harbor a American navy base in Hawaii.
  • Battle of Stalimgrad

    Battle of Stalimgrad

    Germany tried to wipe out stalingrad, a major industrial center on the Vulga River.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch

    Operation Torch was the Allied invasion of French North Africa i. First time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together.
  • Battle of the Atlantic

    Battle of the Atlantic

    Germany tried to stop imports from getting to Britain.
  • U.S, convoy system

    U.S, convoy system

    Covoys were groups of ships of ships traveling together for mutual protection.
  • Unconditional surrender

    Unconditional surrender

    Enemy nations would have to accept whatever terms of peace the Allies dictated
  • Bloody Anzio

    Bloody Anzio

    War that lasted 4 months and left 25,000 Allied and 30,000 Axis casualties.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    First day of the invasion of Omaha Beach, many casualties
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge

    Last ditch effort by Germans to split up America and Britain
  • Death of Hilter

    Death of Hilter

    Hilter killed himself and his wife, the bodies were burned and covered in gasoline.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Victory in Europe Day, WWII was over
  • Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman

    33rd president of the US, was vice president to Roosevelt who died on April 12, 1945 to a stroke.