World War II

By gracecalus

  • Start of WWII

    Germany invades Poland

  • Britain and France Join the War

    Britain and France declare war against Germany

  • Draft

    Congress enacts the first peacetime draft in America's history

  • FDR is reelected for a third term

  • France Surrenders

    France surrenders to Germany

  • Japan Joins Axis Powers

    This happens in response to America's embargo on Japan

  • Aucshwitz becomes a Killing Center

  • Chelmo killing center is opened

  • Roosevelt and Churchill draft the Atlantic Charter

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese fighter planes attack Pearl Harbor

  • U.S at War

    The Axis powers declare war on the US

  • Treblinka is Opened

  • US troops land in Africa

  • Jews are rescued from Denmark

  • Russia traps Germany

  • Italy Surrenders

    Italy surrenders to the Allied powers

  • Allies capture Naples

  • The Allied come together

    They combine their troops, planes, and ships to get ready for D-Day.

  • D-Day

    The first of 3 million Allied troops land on the northern shores of France

  • US liberates Jews from Dachau Camp

  • FDR dies

  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany signs and unconditional surrender

  • Hiroshima

    United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima kills 75,000 and injures over 100,000

  • Nagasaki

    United states drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki

  • End of WWII

    Japan surrenders to the Allies