WWII timeline activity

Anschluss (European)

Mar 12, 1938

Unification of Austria and Germany

Munich Conference (European)

Sep 30, 1938

Great Britain and France gave Hitler Sudetenland

Nonagression Pact (European)

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and USSR agree not to fight

Germany invades Poland (European)

Sep 1, 1939

Start of WWII

Miracle at Dunkirk (European)

Jun 4, 1940

338,000 troops escape German capture

Germany invades USSR ( European)

Jun 22, 1940

Violates nonagression treaty

Paris captured (European)

Jun 24, 1940

France surrenders to Germany

Battle of Britain (European)

Aug 13, 1940

3 months of bombing Great Britain

Pearl Harbor (Pacific)

Dec 7, 1941

Japan unprovoked attack of the US

US Declares War on Japan ( Pacific)

Dec 8, 1941

FDR makes speech to congress "..a date that will in infamy"

Germany declares war on US

Dec 11, 1941

Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR

Doolittle Raid (Pacific)

Apr 12, 1942

Americans bombs fall in Japan for the first time

Battle of Midway (Pacific)

Jun 4, 1942

Turning point in war with Japan

Battle of Stalingrad (European)

Feb 2, 1943

10 month battle ends. Turning point in War

Kasserine Pass (European)

Feb 25, 1943

First US battle against Germany. (Bad Loss)

Rome Falls (European)

1944

Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed

D-Day (European)

Jun 4, 1944

Allies land at Normady- Liberation of France

MacArthur returns to the Philippines (Pacific)

Oct 20, 1944

Famous speech "I have returned"

Battle of the Bulge (European)

Dec 16, 1944

Last German offense- Allies win

Iwo Jima (Pacific)

Feb 19, 1945

Islands captured by US. Marines raise flag

V-E Day (European)

May 8, 1945

War ends in Europe

Atomic Bomb dropped (Pacific)

Aug 6, 1945

Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima

V-J Day (Pacific)

Aug 15, 1945

WWII ends in Japan