World War II

Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler becomes supreme ruler of Germany. He is the leader of the Nazi party.

Hitler Pledges to Undo Treaty of Versailles

Mar 3, 1935

Hitler stops paying reparations for other countries, and the Rhineland starts

Axis Powers

Oct 1, 1936

Germany, Italy, and Japan form a pact called the Axis Powers and they were against the Allies.

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 6, 1936

Mussolini followed Hitlers policy and took over Abyssinia which is now considered as Ethiopia.

Germany Annexes Austria

Mar 13, 1938

German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. They wanted Austria Nazi's to unite forces with Nazi's from Germany.

Munich Agreement

Sep 29, 1938

A settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers

Germany Breaks Munich Agreement

Mar 14, 1939

Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and he invades the rest of Czechoslovakia

Nazi Soviet Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Stalin and Hitler decide to not go to war with each other and the split Poland in between them.

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler invades Poland because he wanted to regain lost territory and fully rule Poland by himself.

Great Britain and France Declare War on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Both Britain and France declared war on Germany because of the invasion of Poland.

Soviet Union Invades Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Started without a formal declaration of war and it was 16 days after the Nazis invaded Poland in the west.

Phony War

Sep 17, 1939

An eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front

Germany Invades Denmark and Nowray

Apr 9, 1940

Deployed thousands of German troops and occupying Norway, at the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities.

France Falls and Germany Controls Paris

Jun 22, 1940

France fell apart so Germany decided to control Paris because France was weak at the moment.

Operation Sea Lion

Jul 16, 1940

Germany wanted to invade the United Kingdom during the battle with Britain

North African Campaign

Sep 1, 1940

A campaign that was fought between the allies and the axis powers because they all wanted a part of North Africa.

Britain Defeats Germany In Operation Sea Lion

Sep 17, 1940

Britain defeats Germany in Operation Sea Lion because Britain used radar and radar helped out a lot on defeating Germany.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1940

Referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom against Jews.

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

The code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory,

Battle of Midway Ends

Jun 7, 1942

It was important because all of the Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed and it forced Japan to be on defense for the rest of the war.

Battle of Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction.

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1943

A major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy,

Germany Surrenders

May 7, 1945

Germany surrendered the Allies and Hitler committed suicide instead of facing his crimes