WWII Timeline Activity

By ant333

  • Anschluss

    Unification of Austria and
    Germany

  • Munich conference

    GB and France give Hitler
    Sudetenland

  • non aggression pact

    Germany and the USSR agree
    not to fight

  • Germany invades Poland

    Start of WWII

  • miricale at dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape
    German capture

  • Paris captured

    France surrenders to
    Germany

  • battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great
    Britain

  • Germany invades USSR

    Violates Nonagression
    Treary

  • pearl harbor

    Japan Unprovoked Attack of
    U.S.

  • U.S declares war on Japan

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

  • Germany declares war on U.S

    Hitler allied with Japan and
    they hoped for help against
    USSR

  • doolittle raid

  • battle of midway

    Turning point in war with
    Japan

  • battle of stalingrad

    10 month battle ends
    Turning point in War

  • kasserine pass

    First US Battle Against
    Germany (Bad Loss)

  • Rome falls

    Italy Surrenders and
    Mussolini is executed

  • D-day

    Allies land at Normandy -
    Liberation of France

  • macarthur returns to Philippines

    Famous speech "I Have
    Returned"

  • battle of bulge

    Last German Offense - Allies
    Win

  • Iwo Jima

    Island Captured by US.
    Marines Raise Flag

  • V-E day

    WWII Ends in Europe

  • atomic bomb dropped

    Over 120,000 die at
    Hiroshima

  • V-J day

    WWII Ends in Japan