Europe World War 2

  • World War 2 Begins

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    Germany attacks Western Poland which marks the beginning of World War 2
  • Declaring war on Germany

    Britain and France declare war on Germany after they invaded Germany
  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

  • Germany attacks France

    Germany invades France in which the German defeat the allies and conquer France
  • Germany invades North Africa

    Germany invades North Africa
    German forces try to defeat Britain military presences in North Africa, the German suffer a defeat due to long time it took to get supplies
  • France surrenders

    France surrenders
    France is overwhelmed by Nazi forces and can no longer fight against Germany and are forced to surrender
  • Germany invades Britain

    Germany invades Britain
    Germany uses Luftwaffe or German air force to attack Britain across the ocean that separated the Nazi conquered territory and Great Britain
  • Hitler abandons the attack on Britain

    Hitler decided to not invade Britain and put his attention onto the Soviet Union
  • Japan joins the axis

    Japan joins the axis
    Japan joins Germany and Italy in the was against the Allies
  • stalingard

    stalingard
    Germany sends about 4 million troops across Russia to try and capture Stalingard. 2.5 million Russia troops killed, wounded, or captured
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks the U.S. The attack was unexpected because Japan didn't declare war and the US wasn't ready
  • Decalring war on the U.S

    The Axis powers declare war on the United States
  • Italy Surrenders

    Italy Surrenders
  • D Day

    D Day
    An invasion of Normandy in France, the Allies made their way to Germany
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    Germany tries to regain Belgium back and push the Allies back to the Germany border but do not succeed and retreat
  • Hitlers death

    Hitlers death
    Hitler commits suicide to avoid being captured by the western allies or the soviets
  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders
    Germany is defeated and can no longer fight in the war
  • U.S bombs Nagasaki

    U.S bombs Nagasaki
    The United States bombs Nagasaki in Japan. Killed 39,000 people
  • World War 2 ends

    World War 2 ends
    The Allied forces along with Russia defeat all the Axis powers including after Japan and Germany have Surrendered
  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders
    Japan surrenders after U,S kept droping atomic bombs and when the Russian army declared war.