World War II Timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Nov 11, 1918

WW1 Ends
Nov 11, 1918

German occupation of the Rhineland
Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles
Jan 10, 1920

League of Nations Founded
Oct 29, 1929

US Stock Market Crash
Sep 18, 1931

Japan Invades Manchuria
Jan 30, 1933

Hitler takes power in Germany
Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

Spanish Civil War
Oct 25, 1936

Rome-Berlin Axis Formed
Dec 13, 1937

Rape of Nanking
Sep 29, 1938

Munich Conference
Sep 30, 1938

Munich Pact Signed
Aug 23, 1939

Nazi-Soviet Pact
Sep 1, 1939

German Invasion of Poland
Sep 3, 1939

Great Britain and France Declare War
Period: Nov 30, 1939 to Mar 13, 1940

Winter War
Period: Sep 7, 1940 to 1941

London Blitz
Mar 11, 1941

Lend-Lease Begins
Jun 22, 1941

Final Solution implimented
Aug 14, 1941

Atlantic Charter
Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor Attack
May 6, 1942

Manila falls to Japan
Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of the Midway
Period: Jul 17, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

Battle of Stalingrad
Period: Jul 10, 1943 to Jul 17, 1943

Invasion of Sicily
Period: Nov 28, 1943 to Dec 1, 1943

Tehran Conference
Jun 6, 1944

Normandy Invasion
Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge
Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Yalta Conference
Apr 12, 1945

FDR Dies - Truman becomes president
May 8, 1945

V-E Day
Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945

Potsdam Conference
Aug 6, 1945

Nuclear Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Aug 9, 1945

Nuclear Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Aug 14, 1945

V-J Day