world war 2

  • Germany invades Poland, starting World War II

    Germany invades Poland, starting World War II
  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

     Britain and France declare war on Germany
  • •Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    •Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
  • Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands

     Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
  • Italy declares war on France and Great Britain

  • - France surrenders to Germany

     - France surrenders to Germany
  • - The United States begins its first peacetime draft

  • Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)

  • - The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

  • - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy

  • - Yalta Conference begins

  • - Allies begin bombing Dresden

  • - Battle of Iwo Jima begins

  • - Franklin D. Roosevelt dies

  • - Battle of Berlin begins

  • - Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

  • - Germany signs an unconditional surrender

  • - Potsdam Conference begins

  • The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

  • - The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan

  • japan surrenderd