WWll Timeline By Afloat806 Period: 1939 to 1945 Battle of the Atlantic https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-the-atlantic Aug 23, 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union (USSR) Sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact. https://www.britannica.com/event/German-Soviet-Nonaggression-Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany Attacks Poland https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939#:~:text=On%20September%201%2C%201939%2C%20Germany,to%20encircle%20and%20dismember%20Germany. Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France Declare War on Germany. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1939-1941/britain-and-france-declare-war#:~:text=Honoring%20their%20guarantee%20of%20Poland's,the%20German%20and%20British%20militaries. Sep 17, 1939 USSR Attacks Poland From the East. Poland Soon Falls and is Divided Between the Germans and the Russians https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939 Period: Nov 30, 1939 to Mar 13, 1940 Winter War Between USSR and Finland. War Ends When Finland Cedes Border Lands to the USSR. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-short-history-of-the-winter-war Period: Apr 9, 1940 to Jun 9, 1940 Germany Invades and Captures Denmark and Norway. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-norway-and-denmark Period: May 10, 1940 to Jun 22, 1940 Germany Attacks Western Europe. Luxenbourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France Fall https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-invasion-of-western-europe-may-1940#:~:text=Germany%20attacked%20in%20the%20west,to%20meet%20the%20German%20attack. Period: Jun 14, 1940 to Aug 6, 1940 USSR Gains Control Over the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)) Jul 10, 1940 Italy Joins the War and, on June 27, Invades Southern France. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi4MwlJtgrU Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Britain-European-history-1940 Sep 13, 1940 Italy Invades British Controlled Egypt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl7LeNT-A9A Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan Sign the Tripartite Pact. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tripartite-Pact Oct 28, 1940 Italy Invades Greece. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-invades-greece Nov 1, 1940 Slovakia, Hungary, Romania Join the Axis Powers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkj_wq4qZME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9TsuLYAGQo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83T4mfTBHHY 1941 German Afrika Korps are Sent to North Africa to Reinforce the Italians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Korps Mar 1, 1941 Bulgaria Joins the Axis Powers https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria/World-War-II Jun 22, 1941 Germany Joined by Axis Allies and Finland Attack the USSR. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 The Japanese Launch a Surprise attack on the U.S. Naval Base in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-happened-at-pearl-harbor Dec 8, 1941 The United States Declares War on Japan. Germany and Italy Soon Declare War on the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_declaration_of_war_on_Japan Period: Dec 8, 1941 to Apr 8, 1942 The Japanese Gain Control Over the Philipenes, French Indochina, and Singapore. https://www.pacificatrocities.org/japanese-imperialism-through-the-lens-of-french-indochina.html Apr 9, 1942 The Bataan Death March Begins as the Imperial Japenese Army Forces Filipeno and Amarican Prisoners of War to March 60 Tortured-Filled Miles. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march Period: May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942 The Battle of Coral Sea https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 The Battle of Midway. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway Period: Jul 1, 1942 to Jul 27, 1942 1st Battle of El Alamein https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2517/first-battle-of-el-alamein/ Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 9, 1943 The Battle of Guadalcanal https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guadalcanal Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad Sep 3, 1942 Italy Surrenders Unconditially. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1du5bgP_GJE Period: Oct 23, 1942 to Nov 5, 1942 2nd Battle of El Alamein https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-alamein Jun 6, 1944 Operation Overlord, D-Day https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Aug 25, 1944 Paris is Liberated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtEt-J9Ib4 Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Bulge Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4NPeiB2Sl8 Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Iwo-Jima Period: Mar 26, 1945 to Sep 7, 1945 Battle of Okinawa https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 FDR Dies, Harry Truman Becomes President https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/looking-back-at-the-day-fdr-died Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is Excecuted. https://www.history.com/news/mussolinis-final-hours Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide https://www.britannica.com/question/How-did-Adolf-Hitler-die May 8, 1945 V-E Day https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/VE-Day/#:~:text=On%20May%208%2C%201945%20%2D%20known,%2C%20on%20June%206%2C%201944. Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference https://www.britannica.com/event/Potsdam-Conference Aug 6, 1945 U.S. Drops an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#:~:text=On%206%20and%209%20August,weapons%20in%20an%20armed%20conflict. Aug 9, 1945 U.S. Drops an Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki. https://www.britannica.com/event/atomic-bombings-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki#:~:text=When%20were%20the%20atomic%20bombs,AM%20on%20August%209%2C%201945. Aug 15, 1945 V-J Day https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/VJ-Day/#:~:text=V%2DJ%20Day%2C%20or%20Victory%20over,the%20world%20erupted%20in%20celebration.
