Ww2

Matthew Mach-World war 2 Timeline

  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria

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    From Apeasement To The End Of World War II

  • Neutrality Acts of the U.S

    Neutrality Acts of the U.S

  • Italy takes over Ethiopia

    Italy takes over Ethiopia

  • Hitler enters France/Rhineland

    Hitler enters France/Rhineland

  • Anschluss Of Austria

    Anschluss Of Austria

    Union of Austria and Germany to "preserve rule" in Austrailia and violated the versailles treaty
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    Conference where British and France chose appeasement and caved into Hitlers plans to get Czechoslovakia and sudentenland
  • Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia

    Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia

  • Nazi-Soviet pact

    Nazi-Soviet pact

    Hitler and Stalin make a pact to not fight if they got into war and also to divide up Poland
  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland

  • Genesis of WWII

    Genesis of WWII

  • Hitler launches blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium

    Hitler launches blitzkrieg on Norway and Belgium

    Lightning war consisting of fast rapid bomb strikes
  • Hitler slams Netherlands and Belgium

    Hitler slams Netherlands and Belgium

  • Germany enters France

    Germany enters France

  • France falls

    France falls

  • Operation sealion and Blitz on London

    Operation sealion and Blitz on London

    Invasion of Britain consisting of massive airstrikes against the island nation
  • Axis powers take over north Africa and the balkans

    Axis powers take over north Africa and the balkans

  • operation Sea lion fails

    operation Sea lion fails

  • Hitler enacts Operation Barborossa

    Hitler enacts Operation Barborossa

    Plan of taking the ural mountains for natural rescources
  • Germanys Siege of Leningrad (Russia)

    Germanys Siege of Leningrad (Russia)

  • Japan Attacks United states Pearl Harbor

    Japan Attacks United states Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in Hawaii causing U.S to declare war on Japan
  • U.S declares War on Japan

    U.S declares War on Japan

  • Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S

    Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S

  • Japan loses the Battle of the Coral Sea

    Japan loses the Battle of the Coral Sea

    Island hopping campaign the U,S used to attack Japan
  • Japan loses the Battle of Midway

    Japan loses the Battle of Midway

  • The Big Three Meet

    The Big Three Meet

    Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet and agree on finishing the war on Europe before they finish the war on Asia
  • Hitler launches new offensive of stalingrad

    Hitler launches new offensive of stalingrad

  • Germans Surrender at Stalingrad

    Germans Surrender at Stalingrad

  • Allies seize North Africa

    Allies seize North Africa

  • Italians surrender to allies

    Italians surrender to allies

  • Kamikazi missions

    Kamikazi missions

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    The three leaders agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan within three months of Germanys surrender
  • D-Day Assault

    D-Day Assault

    Invasion of France, Allied powers dropped paratroopers, and thousands of ships were ferried
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

  • British and American forces cross Thine/Battle of Okinawa

    British and American forces cross Thine/Battle of Okinawa

  • Cold War Begins

    Cold War Begins

  • Charter of the United Nations

    Charter of the United Nations

    Countries formed a world organization to play a greater role in world affairs
  • FDR dies, Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Truman becomes President

  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide

  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders

  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Victory in Europe Day where the allies beat the axis powers due to germany surrendering
  • First Test of the Manhattan project/Truman warns Japan to surrender

    First Test of the Manhattan project/Truman warns Japan to surrender

  • U.S Drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    U.S Drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Japan refuses to surrender twice and the U.S drops the A-Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders

  • Formal Peace Treaty Signed on The American Battleship Missouri

    Formal Peace Treaty Signed on The American Battleship Missouri

  • Nuremburg Trials

    Nuremburg Trials

  • Truman Doctrine Adopted

    Truman Doctrine Adopted

    A doctrine named after President Truman to contain communism
  • Marshall Plan Enacated

    Marshall Plan Enacated

    To beat communism and strengthen democracy, the US offered money or aid packages to help countries rebuild
  • The division of Germany

    The division of Germany

    The soviets were angry because the Western Allies helped rebuild West Germany's economy. The soviets controlled East Germany
  • The Berlin Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift

  • Nato Signed

    Nato Signed

    Countries pledged to help one another if any one of them were attacked
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    The Soviets responded to NATO and formed their own military alliances