WWII Timeline

WWII

Period: 1938 to Aug 6, 1945

Anschluss (E)

Mar 1, 1938

Unification of Austria and Germany

Munich Conference (E)

Sep 30, 1938

GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland

Nonaggression Pact (E)

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and USSR agree not to fight

Germany invades Poland (E)

Sep 1, 1939

Start of WWII

Miracle at Dunkirk (E)

Jun 4, 1940

338,000 troops escape German capture

Paris Captured (E)

Jun 24, 1940

France surrenders to Germany

Battle of Britain (E)

Aug 13, 1940

3 month bombing of great Britain

Germany invades USSR (E)

Jun 22, 1941

Violates Nonaggression Treaty

Pearl Harbor (P)

Dec 7, 1941

Japan unprovoked attack of U.S.

U.S. declares war on Japan (P)

Dec 8, 1941

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

Germany declares war on U.S. (E)

Dec 11, 1941

Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR

Doolittle Raid (P)

Apr 18, 1942

American bombs fall in Japan for first time

Battle of Midway (P)

Jun 4, 1942

Turning point in war with Japan

Battle of Stalingrad (E)

Feb 2, 1943

10 month battle ends. Turning point in War

Kasserine Pass (E)

Feb 19, 1943

First U.S. Battle against Germany

Rome Falls (E)

May 1, 1944

Italy Surrenders and Mussolini is executed

D-day (E)

Jun 6, 1944

Allies land at Normandy- liberation of France

MacArthur returns to Philippines (P)

Oct 20, 1944

Famous speech "I Have Returned"

Battle of the Bulge (E)

Dec 16, 1944

Last German Offense- Allies Win

Iwo Jima (P)

Feb 19, 1945

Island captured by U.S. Marines raise flag

V-E-Day (E)

May 8, 1945

WWII ends in Europe

Atomic Bomb Dropped (P)

Aug 6, 1945

Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima

V-J-Day (P)

Aug 15, 1945

WWII ends in Japan