World War II Timeline

World War I Ends

Nov 11, 1918

Sources: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
http://www.vetfriends.com/militarypics/large.cfm?picture=7620

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Sources:
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/ww2/a01b.cfm
https://worldwariitcms.pbworks.com/w/page/15461937/The%20War%20Begins

Britain and France Declare War on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Source:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Sources:
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2010/12/a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy-pearl-harbor-picture-essay-of-the-day/
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/ww2/a02a.cfm

FDR Signs Declaration of War Against Japan

Dec 8, 1941

Source:
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/timeline/event.cfm?anchorid=10426&Era_id=16

D-Day/Allied Invasion of France

Jun 6, 1944

Source:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-eur/normandy/normandy.htm

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Sources:
http://www.researchhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ve-day1.jpg
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Sources:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
http://seanholton.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/hiroshima-a-bomb.jpg

Second Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

Sources:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
http://life.time.com/history/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-photos-from-the-ruins/#4

Japanese Sign Surrender Agreement/V-J Day

Sep 2, 1945

Sources:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
http://www.oletimer.net/?p=734