Timeline

  • Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
    The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.
  • Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
    Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany, and rules with an iron fist.
  • Nanking Massacre

    Nanking Massacre
    The Nanjing Massacre was the mass-scale random murder,,looting and arson committed by the Imperial Japanese Army against the residents of Nanjing,
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference
    A meeting to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland in exchange for peace in Europe.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    Kristallnacht was a program against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung paramilitary forces along with civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938.
  • Non-Aggression Pact Signed

    Non-Aggression Pact Signed
    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    The German invasion of poland which led to WWII's start.
  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk
    the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France
  • Fall of Paris

    Fall of Paris
    Paris fell to Nazi Germany on June 14, 1940, one month after the German Wehrmacht stormed into France.
  • The Blitz

    The Blitz
    German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.
  • Selective Training and Service Act passed

    Selective Training and Service Act passed
    Congress passed the Selective Training and Service Act, and President Roosevelt signed it into law. Also known as the Burke-Wadsworth Act, the Selective Training and Service Act required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 register for the draft
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    Operation Barbarossa, also known as the German invasion of the Soviet Union, was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and some of its Axis allies,
  • Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
    the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  • Bataan death march

    Bataan death march
    Where US and Filipino soldiers were captured and forced to march until they died.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    When japanese aircraft attacked and damaged the US base on Midway.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    codenamed Argonaut, this was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
  • The battle of Iwo Jima

    The battle of Iwo Jima
    A period of naval and air bombardment forced Japanese defenders of the island to hide in bunkers within volcanic rock. Aprox, 70,000 Us Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers participated in the battle.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    more than 60,000 soldiers and US Marines of the US Tenth Army stormed ashore at Okinawa, in the final island battle before an anticipated invasion of mainland Japan.
  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler Commits Suicide
    Hitler committed suicide via gunshot due to the inevitable loss of the Nazi party.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces
  • Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

    Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
    Aug 6 and Aug 9, two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.