World War II Timeline by Steven Faulkner

By StevenFaulkner

  • Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech

    Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech
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    World War II Timeline by Steven Faulkner

  • Nazis take Czechoslovakia

    Nazis take Czechoslovakia

  • Spanish Civil war ends

    Spanish Civil war ends

  • Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy

    Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy

  • United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland

    United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland

  • Soviets Invade Poland

    Soviets Invade Poland

  • Soviets attack Finland

    Soviets attack Finland

  • Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets

    Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets

  • Nazis invade Denmark and Norway

    Nazis invade Denmark and Norway

  • Holland surrenders to the Nazis

    Holland surrenders to the Nazis

  • Germans bomb Paris; Dunkirk evacuation ends

    Germans bomb Paris; Dunkirk evacuation ends

  • Battle of Britain begins

    Battle of Britain begins

  • Air battles and daylight raids over Britain

    Air battles and daylight raids over Britain

  • First British air raid on Berlin

    First British air raid on Berlin

  • Rommel attacks Tobruk

    Rommel attacks Tobruk

  • Sinking of the British ship Hood by the Bismarck

    Sinking of the British ship Hood by the Bismarck

  • Sinking of the Bismarck by the British Navy

    Sinking of the Bismarck by the British Navy

  • British occupy Syria

    British occupy Syria

  • United States and Britain declare war on Japan

    United States and Britain declare war on Japan

  • German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain

    German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain

  • First thousand-bomber British air raid (against Cologne)

    First thousand-bomber British air raid (against Cologne)

  • Battle of Stalingrad begins

    Battle of Stalingrad begins

  • Professor Enrico Fermi sets up an atomic reactor in Chicago

    Professor Enrico Fermi sets up an atomic reactor in Chicago

  • Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships

    Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships

  • Germans begin a withdrawal from the Caucasus

    Germans begin a withdrawal from the Caucasus

  • Germans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa

    Germans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa

  • Germans begin their last offensive against Kursk

    Germans begin their last offensive against Kursk

  • Allies bomb Rome

    Allies bomb Rome

  • Large British air raid on Berlin

    Large British air raid on Berlin

  • Soviet troops advance into Poland

    Soviet troops advance into Poland

  • Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies

    Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies

  • Germans withdraw to the Adolf Hitler Line

    Germans withdraw to the Adolf Hitler Line

  • Allies enter Rome

    Allies enter Rome

  • Soviet offensive in the Balkans begins with an attack on Romania

    Soviet offensive in the Balkans begins with an attack on Romania

  • Civil War in Greece; Athens placed under martial law

    Civil War in Greece; Athens placed under martial law

  • U.S. 1st and 3rd Armies link up after a month long separation during the Battle of the Bulge

    U.S. 1st and 3rd Armies link up after a month long separation during the Battle of the Bulge

  • First U.S. atomic bomb test; Potsdam Conference begins

    First U.S. atomic bomb test; Potsdam Conference begins

  • United Nations is born

    United Nations is born

  • Nuremberg war crimes trials begin

    Nuremberg war crimes trials begin