WWII Timeline

By Emiliano Meneses
  • German invasion into Poland:

    German invasion into Poland:

    Nazis occupied half of Poland’s territory.
  • Allies declare war on Germany

    Allies declare war on Germany

    Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Nazi Germany.
  • Nazi invasion into Lebensraum

    Nazi invasion into Lebensraum

    Germany invaded Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
  • Italians occupation in East Africa

    Italians occupation in East Africa

    Italians took British Somaliland
  • German arrival into North Africa

    German arrival into North Africa

    Erwin Rommel and first units of German Afrika Korps arrived North Africa.
  • Operation Barbarossa begins

    Operation Barbarossa begins

    Nazi invaded the U.S.S.R
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Japan air forces bombed U.S territory
  • U.S and U.K declared war on Japan

    U.S and U.K declared war on Japan

    U.S joined the allies into war
  • Auschwitz starts jew extermination

    Auschwitz starts jew extermination

    Mass murder of Jews
  • Operation Torch begins

    Operation Torch begins

    U.S invaded North Africa
  • Germans surrender at Stalingrad

    Germans surrender at Stalingrad

    First big defeat by the Germans
  • German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa

    German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa

    Axis Powers retreated from North Africa
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    U.S. and U.K. attacked coast of Normandy
  • Liberation of Paris

    Liberation of Paris

    Germans got kicked out of Paris
  • Soviets reached Berlin

    Soviets reached Berlin

    Russians reached the capital of German territory
  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide

    The Führer committed suicide in his bunker marking the end of the Western War
  • Atomic bombing in Japan

    Atomic bombing in Japan

    Atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • Japanese instrument of surrender

    Japanese instrument of surrender

    Japan signs the surrender and officially ends the war.