World War 2

World War 2

Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 1950

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Fascist Italy

Oct 2, 1936

Fascist Italy invades, conquers and annexes ethiopia

Germany and Italy

Oct 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on October 25; on November 1, the Romr-Berlin Axis is announced.

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan

Nov 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti- comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the International Communist Movement.

Germany, Italy, Great Britian, and France

Sep 29, 1938

Germany, Italy, Great Britian, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.

Under German Pressure

Mar 15, 1939

Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic. The German occupy the rump Czech lands in violation of the Munich agreement, forming a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

France and Great Britian

Mar 31, 1939

France and Great Britian guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.

France and Great Britian

Mar 31, 1939

France and Great britian Guarantee the integrity of the borders of the polish state

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union

Aug 23, 1939

Nazi Germany and The Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and s secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invads Poland. France and Great Britain declares war on Germany.

Warsaw Surrenders

Sep 27, 1939

Warsaw surrenders on september 17. The polish government flees into exile via Rommania, Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them.

France surrenders

Jun 15, 1940

France surrenders to Germany; Battle of Britain begians.

Germany invades Soviet Union

Jun 15, 1941

The United States Declares war on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

The United States Declares war on Japan, entering World War 2. Japanese troops land in the philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indohina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation.

Japan attacks pearl harbor

Dec 15, 1941

Allies defent Japan

Jun 15, 1942

Allies defeat Japan at battle of Midway

Allies invade North Africa

Nov 15, 1942

Allies defeat japan

Feb 15, 1943

Allies defeat Japan at Guadaical

Germans surrender at Stalingrad

Feb 15, 1943

The Fascist Grand Council

Jul 25, 1943

The Fascist Grand Council deposes Benito Mussolini, enabliing Italian marshall Pietro Badoglio to form a new government.

The Badoglio Government Surrenders

Sep 8, 1943

The Badoglio government surrenders unconditionally to the allies. The Germans immediately seize control of rome and northern italy, establishing a puppet Fascist regime under Mussolini, who is freed from imprisonment by German commandos on September 12.

Japan Suffers

Oct 15, 1944

Japanesse suffers devestating defeat at the battle of Leyle Gull

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Germany surrenders

May 15, 1945

WW2 ends

Sep 2, 1945

Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.