Timeline: World War two

Mar 12, 1938

Anschluss (March 1938)

Unification of Germany and Austria

Sep 30, 1938

Munich Conference

Great Britain and France give Hitler the Sudetenland

Aug 23, 1939

Nonaggression Pact

Secret agreement between German leader Hitler and Soviet Leader Stalin not to attack one another and to divide Poland. Germany and USSR agree not to fight.

Sep 1, 1939

Germany Invades Poland

Start of WW2

Jun 4, 1940

Miracle at Dunkirk

More than 300,000 troops were rescued from the harbor beaches by people in privately owned boats. 338.000 troops escaped German capture.

Jun 24, 1940

Paris captured

France surrenders to Germany

Aug 15, 1940

Battle of Britain

An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance. 3 month bombing of Great Britain.

Jun 22, 1941

Germany invades USSR

Germany violates Nonaggression treaty.

Dec 11, 1941

Germany Declares war on U.S.

One day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. This prompted Germany to declare war on the United States, which, in turn, led to the United States to declare war on Germany on December 11, 1941.

Feb 2, 1943

Battle of Stalingrad

World War II battle between invading German forces and Soviet defenders for control of Stalingrad; each side sustained hundreds of thousands of casualties; Germany's defeat marked turning point in the war.