World War 2 Events

By Jmilbrandt

  • France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.

  • Italy declared war on France and Great Britain.

  • French leaders surrendered.

  • Tripartite Pact, Alliance between Italy and Japan.

  • Germany invades the Soviet Union.

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

  • The Battle of Midway ended.

  • Thousands of U.S Marines, with Australian support, landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi.

  • Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes and businesses. (Kristallnacht).

  • Start of D-Day.

  • Russian troops get to Auschwitz.

  • Hitler killed his family and then committed suicide.

  • Germany surrenders,

  • The US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

  • Japan’s surrender.