Timeline WW2

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, and with that, the third Reich rises to power.
  • The Rome-Berlin Axis treaty gets formed.

    Nazi Germany and Fascist form The Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.
  • Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact

    Garmany and Japan sign a pact against communism and Russia.
  • Japan invades China

    Japan Invades China
  • Anschluss

    Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany. Source
  • Garmany invades Poland, WW2 begins.

    Germany invades Poland, and World War Two began.
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    Word War 2

    Word War two, from start to end.
  • France and Britan declare was on Germany.

    France and Great Britan declare war on Germany because they invaded Poland.
  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

    Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
  • Blitzkrieg 10th of May - 22nd of June 1940

    Germany uses blitzkrieg to taker over much of western Europe, including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.
  • The Battle of Dunkirk (26th of May - 4th of June 1940

    The Allies were losing the Battle of France on the western front, so The Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation plan for the Allies. Source
  • Winston Churchill becomes the leader of the British government.

    Winston Churchill becomes the leader of the British government.
  • Italy enters the war

    Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis power.
  • Battle of Britan

    Germany launches an air attack on Great Britan. The attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britan.
  • Battle of Moscow The (2nd of October 1941 - 7th Januar 1942)

    The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods. It was about strategically significant fighting on as 600 km sector of the Eastern front. Hitler couldn't win, and this is considered one of the turning points in the war. Source
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor is an American fleet base placed on the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii. On the 7th of December 1941, it got attacked by Japan, which is the reason the USA joined the war, and it's considered a turning point. Source
  • Battle of Midway

    The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
  • D-Day

    The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, the 06th of June 1944, of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord. It was codenamed Operation Neptune, also known as D-Day.
  • The Liberation of Paris (19th of August - 25 August 1944)

    The Liberation of Paris was a battle that lasted the German garrison surrendered the French capital.
  • Hitler commits suicide

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

    The United States drops a Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
  • Nagasaki

    Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
  • Japan surrenders

    Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Aillies.