WWII Timeline

By Caleb-9-9-9

  • Japan invaded China

    It was triggered by Japanese soldiers staging an explosion. This staged explosion was to frame China so Japan could launch a full invasion on China.

  • The Anschluss

    Germany took over Austria in a bloodless battle. They then merged the two nations.

  • Invasion of Poland

    The event that triggered WWII. It was an unexpected and unprovoked attack.

  • The Neutrality Act of 1939

    Allowed the U.S to sell arms to belligerent nations(Britain and France).

  • The Fall of France

    Germany military campaign in WWII that resulted in defeat.

  • The Battle of Britain

    Arial campaign during WWII between the Luftwaffe and the RAF(Royal Air Force).

  • US Oil Embargo on Japan

    The U.S. oil embargo was a pivotal economic sanction that effectively forced Imperial Japan to choose between abandoning its expansionist goals or going to war with the Western powers(Cited-google resources I didn't have time I apologize)

  • The attack on Pearl Harbor

    A surprise military attack on multiple U.S ships by japan's imperial navy.

  • The Bataan Death March

    65 mile trek of about 75,000 Filipino and American POW's(Prisoner of War).

  • Battle of Midway Island

    A naval battle between the United States and the empire of Japan.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Major turning point of WWII and one of the bloodiest and largest battles in history.

  • D-Day (Operation Overlord)

    Largest amphibious invasion in history involving 160,000 troops from over 12 nations.

  • The Yalta Conference

    a WWII meeting between the 'big three".

  • V-E Day

    A day celebrating an unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany's armed forces.

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    A atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima killing about 70,000 to 140,000 people forcing a defeat in WWII.

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    A atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki and the immediate explosion killed about 40,000 to 70,000.

  • Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    On August 20–21, 1968 around 500,000 troops invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The objective was to destroy the Prague Spring.