World War 2 Timeline By: Brittany Renn

By brittanyrenn

  • Start of the war

    Germany invaded Poland, which started WW2 in Europe

  • Germany invaded Denmark and Norway

  • !st Ghetto

    Germany seals the 1st major Jewish Ghetto

  • Germany attacked Western Europe

  • Operational Order

    Hitler signed the 1st operational order for the invasion on the soviet union

  • March 3-20

    Germany seals ghetto in Poland

  • Germany invaded the Soviet Union

  • Romanian millitary

    Romanian military and police departments established a program which killed at least 4,000 Jews.

  • 6 year old Jews

    It was made a law that all Jews under the age of 6 must wear a yellow star on their outer clothing at all times if in public.

  • Murders in VIlna

    German authorities murder 3,700 Jewish militants in Vilna

  • Ghettos in Vilna

    Germany seals off 2 ghettos in Vilna

  • Japan bombed the US Pearl Harbor

  • The US declared war on Japan, entering the WW2

  • Germany and Italy declared war on the US

  • Germany begins deportation of Jews

  • By this month, Germany had killed at least 1,340,000 Jews

  • October 21-23

    Germany kills the remaining 3-6,000 Jews

  • US removes barriers to clear way to enter central Germany

  • Soviet troops enter Berlin

  • Hitlet commits suicide

  • Germany surrenders to the Soviets

  • US bombed Japan

  • Japan surrenders and World War 2 ends