WWII Overview

WWII OverView

Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Dec 31, 1945

WWII

Pre War for America

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland. 2 days later Great Britian and France declairs war on Germany.

Germany invades....

May 10, 1940

Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

Surrenders

May 15, 1940

]Holland surrenders to Germany

Italy

Jun 10, 1940

Declairs war on Britain and France

Three important countries sign a pack.

Sep 27, 1940

Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact

4th country signs pact

Mar 25, 1941

Yugoslavia signs Tripartite Pact

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor

Germany Declars war of the US

Dec 11, 1941

Because of its pact with Japan

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Battle Overview

German takes Rome

Sep 10, 1943

Mussolini's rule

Sep 23, 1943

Mussolini declares Fascist government in Northern Italy.

Italy

Oct 13, 1943

WARDeclares war on Germany.

Battle of the Bulge begins

Dec 16, 1944

Germany starts Battle of the Bulge.

US Invades Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

FDR Dies

Apr 12, 1945

FDR BIOFRD Dies and Truman is President.

Mussolini

Apr 28, 1945

captured by partisans and executed

Germany

May 7, 1945

May 7th NewspaperGerman unconditional surrender

Atomic Bomb

Aug 6, 1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

2nd Bomb dropped

Aug 9, 1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

Japan

Aug 14, 1945

surrenders! Signs paper on the USS Missiouri.

Hitler

Aug 30, 1945

Takes his own life