World War II Timeline By Ella Holsomback

By e_holsomback524

  • World War II Begins

    Germany invades Poland, inciting Poland’s allies Britain and France to declare war on Germany.

  • Canada Declares War On Germany

  • Soviet Union Invades Poland

    Working in concert with Hitler, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin orders the invasion of Poland, securing a share of Polish territory.

  • Warsaw Captured

    Warsaw surrenders to German troops.

  • Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France

  • France surrenders

  • Battle Of Britan Begins

  • Germany attacks Yugoslavia and Greece

  • Germany invades The Soviet Union

  • Heydrich appointed by Göring to implement the "Final Solution"

  • Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

  • United States Declares war On Germany and Japan

  • Germans establish Treblinka concentration camp

  • German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad (Volgograd)

  • Warsaw Ghetto revolt begins as Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 inhabitants; Jewish underground fights Nazis until early June

  • Liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto.

  • Armed revolt in Sobibor extermination camp

  • Germany occupies Hungary

  • Group of German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler

  • Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide

  • Bombing of Hiroshima

  • Bombing of Nagasaki

  • Victory over Japan proclaimed.

  • World War II Ends

    By the time it concluded on the deck of an American warship on September 2, 1945, World War II had claimed the lives of an estimated 60-80 million people, approximately 3 percent of the world’s population.