World War 2

By Cockerell5

  • Start of the War

    Germany invaded Poland

  • Declare War

    France and Britain declared war on Germany

  • Germany Invades

    Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.

  • Invasion

    Nazis invaded France

  • Change of president

    Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

  • Bombing of Pairs

    Germains bombed Pairs

  • Italy enters

    Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.

  • Germany attacks

    Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain

  • Alliance formed

    Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

  • US Navy defeats Japanese Navy

    The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.

  • Italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.

  • D-Day

    D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.

  • US crosses Rhine River

    The US Third Army under General Patton crosses the Rhine River.

  • Hitler kills himself

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

  • Germany surrenders to the Allies

    Germany surrenders to the Allies.

  • Bomb dropped on Japan

    The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.

  • Bomb two dropped on Japan

    Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.