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World War II Timeline

By AlexisMT

  • Germany Invades Poland

    This officially starts the war. Hitler used Blitz Krieg.
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    World War Two

  • Britain and France Declare War on Germany

    Angered by the invasion of Poland, they declare war.

  • France surrenders

    France surrenders to the Nazis of Germany

  • Manhattan Project

    Roosevelt gives the go to begin the creation of an atomic bomb

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii early on that morning and US enters the war.

  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Allies defeat Japanese and stop their advance in the pacific. Major turning point in the Pacific part of the war

  • Tehran Conference

    Allies determined they would invade through france starting in the spring. Agreed to partition Germany after war

  • D-Day Invasion

    Allies launch an amphibious invasion of Normandy, France and Germany begins retreat

  • Battle of the Bulge

    German offensive campaign, they fail and the allies defeat them

  • Yalta Conference

    Stalin, Churchill, and FDR talked about the end of the war terms. They created the Unitd Nations and divided Germany into militarized zones

  • Hitler Dies

    Hitler, leader of Germany, commits suicide.

  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany surrenders unconditionally to allies

  • Hiroshima

    First atomic bombed dropped on Hiroshima, Japan

  • Nagasaki

    Second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan

  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan surrenders to allies after bombs