Maddie's WWII timeline

World War Two

Period: Aug 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

WWII Timeline

England enters the war

Sep 12, 1939

World War II

United States Enters the War

Dec 7, 1941

Ten Boom Family Timeline :June 5

Jun 5, 1944

Corrie and Betsie find each other as they are transported by train from Scheveningen prison to Vught Concentration Camp in Holland, arriving June 6.(page 261)

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

D-Day

Nazis exicute 96 people

Jun 6, 1944

Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad

US bombs Kyushu Japan

Jun 16, 1944

US bombs Kyushu Japan

Iceland declares independence

Jun 18, 1944

Iceland declares independence from Denmark

WWII:.....

Jun 30, 1944

World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.

Germany surrenders

May 7, 1945

Germany surrenders

Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9).

Aug 6, 1945

Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9).