WWII Timeline Project

Japan Invades Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Japan invaded Manchuria, violating the rules of the League of Nations.

Rome-Berlin Axis Announced

Nov 1, 1936

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation, and the Axis is announced a few days later.

Anti-Comintern Pact Signed

Nov 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the pact directed against the Soviet Union.

WWII in the Pacific

Jul 7, 1937

Japan invades China, initiating war in the pacific.

Munich Agreement Signed

Sep 29, 1938

Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the agreement, forcing the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.

Nonaggression Agreement Signed

Aug 23, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree to not attack, forming a sphere of influence in Europe.

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler led his invasion

Start of WWII

Sep 3, 1939

2 days after the German invasion

Germany Invades Denmark and Norway

Apr 1, 1940

Hitler aimed to control any neutral countries.

Soviet Union Invaded

Jun 22, 1941

Nazi Germany and the Axis partners invade the Soviet Union capturing a majority of their leaders.

Pearl Harbor Bombing

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese bombers attacked U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. Drove the United States to join WWII.

Battle of Midway

Jun 7, 1942

The U.S. defeated Japan 6 months after the Pearl Harbor bombing.

Stalingrad Battle

Feb 2, 1943

4 million German troops invade Stalingrad, Leningrad, and Moscow, but fail, and the Soviet Union defeats Germany.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

American, British, and Canadian forces landed on 5 beaches of France's Normandy area to battle.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan 27, 1945

Soviet troops liberate prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Germany Surrenders

May 7, 1945

Germany surrenders to the western Allies and 2 days later to the Soviets.

V-Day

May 8, 1945

Victory in Europe Day, marking the acceptance by the WWII Allies of Nazi Germany's surrender of armed forces.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings

Aug 6, 1945

America bombed these Japanese cities to end the war, while killing 80,000 people

End of WWII

Sep 2, 1945

Japan surrendered to the Allies after the bombing.

Japan Surrenders

Sep 2, 1945

Japan agreed to unconditional surrender on August 14th, 1945, causing them to surrender on this day.