World War 2 main events

World War 2

Period: Dec 13, 1927 to Aug 15, 1945

Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

Sep 19, 1931

When Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the empire of japan. the japanese stayed there until the end of WWII which is significant before the actual war because it marked the invasion of China. Without any words from The Emperor they used bombs and fired on shell-shocked victims.

Rape of Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

A six week massacre including an Army rape, hundreds of thousands died whilst being unarmed and some were just children. This showed how merciless and barbaric the situation was really getting.

Hitler invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler invades poland, this is when Britain and France declare war on germany 2 days later.

Hitler starts to invade Russia

May 15, 1941

After a year of planning operation barbarossa he launchs his invasion.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan in two waves, one at 7:53 and the second by 8:55 , America declares war.

Singapore falls to Japan

Feb 5, 1942

25000 prisoners taken

American Naval Victory

Jun 4, 1942

Battle of Midway
June 4th - 7th

Mass murder in auschwitz begins

Jun 13, 1942

Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1943

Marks Germanys first defeat

Allied Victory in Africa

Oct 15, 1943

North African win, marks the invasion of Italy,

Italy surrenders

Dec 22, 1943

Iwo Jima

Mar 12, 1944

Bombed

D Day

Jun 6, 1944

The allied invasion of paris, (Paris is liberated on sixth of june)

Guam

Aug 10, 1944

Liberated by the U.S Okinawa

Auschwitz Liberated

Jan 27, 1945

Soviet Troops on Jan 27th

Russians Reach Berlin

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler commits suicide on april 30th

Germany surrenders

May 7, 1945

A-bomb dropped

Aug 15, 1945

Japans surrender