Ww2

World War 2 timeline

  • Hitler takes office

    Hitler takes office
    Hitler takes office and continues on his rise for power
  • Kristalnacht

    Kristalnacht
    "night of broken glass" German nazis go and break all the Jewish shop windows. burn and destory all Jewish things and then force them to pay for the damage.
  • Germans invade Poland

    Germans invade Poland
    Hitler and his nazis go in and invade poland.: World war 2 begins
  • Escape at Dunkirk

    Escape at Dunkirk
    Soldiers leave france becasue france has "died" and is no longer useful in the war.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    German Bomb Britaish beaches to lead the way so they can go on land
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan surprises Americans by bombing pearl harbor in Hawaii: This leads to American preperation to join the war!
  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter
    Secret meeting between Winston Churchhill and President Roosevelt in the middle of the Atlantic to discuss war goals
  • Dolittle Raid

    Dolittle Raid
    Days after the loss of the Phillipines 16 U.S. Bombers bomb Tokyo
  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea
    Japan attemps to invade New Guinea, but is stopped by Allies
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    fought in two small islands north west of Hawaii. Japan hopes to bring The U.S. fleet into the open and destroy it.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    Soviet Voctory over germans. Stopped Germans from getting Stalingrad.
  • Invasion of Italy

    Invasion of Italy
    After defeating the Germans in North Africa we head up the boot to invade Italy starting in the isalnd of Sicily.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allies after tricking the germans arive on the the cost of france, at normandy beaches, to fight Germans.
  • Battle of Leyete Gulf

    Battle of Leyete Gulf
    U.S. goes back to the Phillipines to liberate their prisoners of war and take back the Phillipines.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    German wins back the land the allies had gained and pushes back offensively.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Roosevelt, churchill and stalin all meet to talk about post war peace.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    The Allies are island hoping and arive in Iwo Jima, a valuable island, The Iwo Jima is said to be a extremly bloody battle. Allies continue to have victory over japanese. This battle is were the statue of the soldiers lifting the American flag originates.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    This was the blooiest battle in the pacific war. The japan first retreated south and then attacked from caves and tunnels.
  • End of war/ Holocaust

    End of war/ Holocaust
    The jews that were still alive were set free. Any prisoners of war are also set free. The war is at the very end. Concentration camps were cleaned up, millions of people lives are remembered on this day and forever
  • USS Missouri

    USS Missouri
    Surrender on the USS Missouri