Yates WW2 timeline

  • Start of a long war

    Start of a long war
    -Congress passed cash-and-cary laws to ease the sales of arms to countries in war.
    -Germany invaded Poland on false terms. They used a Germany prisoner dressed in a Polish uniform that they claimed invaded Germany and was killed and Poland was then invaded.
  • I Declare War

    I Declare War
    Great Britain and France delcared war on Germany.They became known as the Allies. Yet they declared war they didn't do much attacking until it was to late.
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    Victory!

    Winston CHurchhill becomes the UK prime minister. He vows never to give up no matter how many people fall.
    -Germany coquers quickly the Netherlands, Belguim, and France.
  • Agreement

    Agreement
    Congress establishes the lend-lease program to deliver arms to Great Britain on Credit.
  • Change for Japan

    Change for Japan
    General Hideki Tojo became Japanese prime minister and slowly brought his own country down with his bad and cruel choices.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan bomb the U.S Pacific Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor,Hawaii. Americans remember the day
  • Execution Order 9066

    President Roosevelt passed the Execution Order 9066 that forced a certain minority out of military areas. then forced them to go to internments.
  • D-Day

    Allies forces landed at five separate sites at Normandy on D-Day of the invasion of France. Omaha Beach was one of two beaches invaded by U.S. forces. As American soldiers moved toward the nearly 100-foot-high cliffs,German guns at the top rained a deadly fire down on them.
  • Honor the Remembered

    President Roosevelt dies he wasn’t in good health and it took Americans for surprise but they died stop fighting in the war.
  • Death of Hitler

    Hitler finally realized that he was going to die an awful way so he committed suicide in his underground bunker after marrying his wife a day before.
  • Almost Finished

    berlin surrendered causing the soldier to scatter and go elsewhere.
  • No More

    Germany gave up and wanted to surrender
  • V-Day

    Victory in Europe Day known as V E - Day
  • Peace

    representatives from 50 countries met in San Francisco, CA to create the United Nations
  • Last Warning

    Truman gave Japan one last chance to surrender. They did not return a message so the bombing was issued.
  • The End

    The day that Japan surrendered to the U.S.