Macy ~~ World War II Timeline

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  • Munich Conference (Europe)

    GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland

  • Anschluss (Europe)

    Unification of Austria and Germany
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    Europe

  • Nonaggression Pact (Europe)

    Germany and the USSR agree not to fight

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Start of WWII
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    Pacific

  • Battle of Britain (Europe)

    3 month bombing of Great Britain

  • Miracle at Dunkirk (Europe)

    338,000 troops escape German capture

  • Paris Captured (Europe)

    France surrenders to Germany

  • Battle of Stalingrad (Europe)

    10 month battle ends turning point in WAR

  • Kasserine Pass (Europe)

  • Germany Invades USSR (Europe)

    Violated nonaggression treaty

  • Doolittle Raid (Pacific)

    American bombs fall in Japan for the first time

  • Pearl Harbor (Pacific)

  • U.S. Declares War on Japan (Pacific)

    FDR made a speech to Congress "a date that will live in infamy"

  • Germany Declares War on the U.S. (Pacific)

    Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR

  • Battle of Midway (Pacific)

    Turning point in war with Japan

  • Rome Falls (Europe)

    Italy surrendered and Mussolini is executed

  • Battle of the Bulge (Pacific)

    Last German offense - Allies win

  • MacArthur Returns to the Philippines (Pacific)

    Famous speech "I have returned"

  • D-Day (Pacific)

    Allies land at Normandy - liberation of France

  • Iwo Jima (Pacific)

    Island captured by US Marines raise flag

  • V-E-Day (Europe)

    WWII ends in Europe

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped (Pacific)

    Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima

  • V-J-Day (Pacific)

    WWII ends in Japan