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WWll Timeline- US History ll

By kstott-student

  • Anschluss

    (European Theatre) Unification of Austria and Germany

  • Munich Conference

    (European Theatre) GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland

  • Nonaggression Pact

    (European Theatre) Germany and USSR agree not to fight

  • Germany Invades Poland

    (European Theatre) Start of WWll

  • Battle of Britain

    (European Theatre) 3 month bombing of Great Britain

  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    (European Theatre) 338,000 troops escape German capture

  • Paris Captured

    (European Theatre) France surrenders to Germany

  • Germany Invades USSR

    (European Theatre) Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR

  • Pearl Harbor

    (Pacific Theatre) Japan Unprovoked Attack of U.S.

  • U.S. Declares War on Japan

    (Pacific Theatre) FDR makes speech to congress "..a date that will live in infamy"

  • Germany Declares War on U.S.

    (European Theatre) Violates Nonaggression Treaty

  • Doolittle Raid

    (Pacific Theatre) American bombs fall in Japan for first time

  • Battle of Midway

    (Pacific Theatre) Turning point in war with Japan

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    (European Theatre) 10 month battle ends Turning point in War

  • Kasserine Pass

    (European Theatre) First US Battle Against Germany (bad loss)

  • Battle of the Bulge

    (European Theatre) Last German Offence- Allies Win

  • Rome Falls

    (European Theatre) Italy Surrenders and Mussolini is executed

  • D-Day

    (European Theatre) Allies land at Normandy- Liberation of France

  • MacArthur Returns to Philippines

    (European Theatre) Famous speech "I Have Returned"

  • Iwo Jima

    (Pacific Theatre) WWll ends in Japan

  • V-E-Day

    (European Theatre) WWll Ends in Europe

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped

    (Pacific Theatre) Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima

  • V-J-Day

    (Pacific Theatre) Island Captured by US. Marines Raise Flag