Hayley Snyder WWII

By hsnyder50

  • World War one breaks out!

  • Germany attacks Poland.

    Germany attacks Poland.

  • Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)

  • Battle of Britain begins

  • Battle of Britain ends

  • Operation Barbarossa begins - Germany attacks the Soviet Union.

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • Japan attacks American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    Japan attacks American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  • Battle of Midway

  • Italy surrenders

  • Dooms Day

    Dooms Day

  • President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman.

    President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman.

  • The Death of Adolf Hitler.

    The Death of Adolf Hitler.

  • Victory in Europe Day - also known as V-E Day.

  • The First successful test of an Atomic Bomb in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, U.S., thereby ushering in the "Atomic Age".

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan

  • Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Japanese surrender

  • Formal surrender of Japanese Forces on USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

  • US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan's surrender thus formally ending the second world war.