WWll Timeline

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

Unification of Austria & Germany
EUROPEAN THEATER

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

GB & France give Hitler Sudetenland
EUROPEAN THEATER

Nonaggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and USSR agree not to fight
EUROPEAN THEATER

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Start of WWll
EUROPEAN THEATER

Miracle of Dunkirk

Jun 4, 1940

338,000 troops escape German capture
EUROPEAN THEATER

Paris Captured

Jun 24, 1940

France surrenders to Germany EUROPEAN THEATER

Battle of Britain

Aug 1, 1940

3-month bombing of GB
EUROPEAN THEATER

Germany Invades USSR

May 22, 1941

Violates Nonaggression Treary
EUROPEAN THEATER

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan Unprovoked Attack of U.S
PACIFIC THEATER

U.S Declares War on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

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

Germany Declares War on U.S

Dec 11, 1941

Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
EUROPEAN THEATER

Doolittle Raid

Apr 12, 1942

American bombs fall inn Japan for first time
PACIFIC THEATER

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Turning point in war with Japan PACIFIC THEATER

Battle of Stalingrad

Feb 2, 1943

10 month battle ends Turning point in War
EUROPEAN THEATER

Kasserine Pass

Feb 19, 1943

First US Battle against Germany (bad loss)
EUROPEAN THEATER

Rome Falls

May 16, 1944

Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed
EUROPEAN THEATER

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allies land at Normandy- Liberation of France
EUROPEAN THEATER

MacArthur Returns to Phillipines

Aug 20, 1944

Famous speech "I Have Returned"
PACIFIC THEATER

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Last German Offense- Allies Win
EUROPEAN THEATER

Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

Island Captured by U.S Marines Raise Flag PACIFIC THEATER

V-E-Day

May 8, 1945

WWll Ends in Europe
EUROPEAN THEATER

Atomic Bomb Dropped

Aug 6, 1945

Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
PACIFIC THEATER

V-J-Day

Aug 15, 1945

WWll Ends in Japan
PACIFIC THEATER