WWII Timeline

By marissadawes
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss

    Unification of Austria and Germany
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland
  • Nonaggression Pact

    Nonaggression Pact

    Germany and USSR agree not to fight
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Start of WWII
  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    Miracle at Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German capture
  • Paris Captured

    Paris Captured

    France surrenders to Germany
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great Britain
  • Germany Invades USSR

    Germany Invades USSR

    Violates Nonaggression Treaty
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan unprovoked attack of U.S.
  • U.S. Declares War on Japan

    U.S. Declares War on Japan

    FDR makes speech to Congress "..a date that will live in infamy"
  • Germany Declares War on U.S.

    Germany Declares War on U.S.

    Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid

    American bombs fall in Japan for first time
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Turning point in war with Japan
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    10 month battle ends. Turning point in war
  • Kasserine Pass

    Kasserine Pass

    First US battle against Germany (bad loss)
  • Rome Falls

    Rome Falls

    Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allies land at Normandy - Liberation of France
  • MacArthur Returns to Philippines

    MacArthur Returns to Philippines

    Famous speech "I Have Returned"
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    Last German Offense - Allies Win
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima

    Island Captured by US. Marines raise flag
  • V-E-Day

    V-E-Day

    WWII ends in Europe
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped

    Atomic Bomb Dropped

    Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
  • V-J-Day

    V-J-Day

    WWII ends in Japan