World War Two Project

Nazi Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

World War Two was initiated because of this act.

Poland is Divided

Sep 28, 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland.

Soviet Union Invades Finland

Nov 30, 1939

That started the Winter War.

Germany Invades Norway and Denmark

Apr 9, 1940

Denmak surrenders the day of the attack. Norway held on until June 6th.

Germany Attacks Three More Countries

May 10, 1940

The attacks were on the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

Italy Enters War

Jun 10, 1940

Italy invades France on June twenty first.

France Signs an Armastice

Jun 22, 1940

Germany occupied two thirds of France. The rest of the land had a puppet government set up.

Germany Invades Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

Hitler attacked the Soviet Union because he thought Britain was only in the war still because they were expecting help from the Soviets.

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan's navy attacked Pearl Harbor in the early morning of December seventh.

United States Enters War

Dec 8, 1941

The United States declared war on Japan.

Battle of the Coral Sea

May 7, 1942

American naval forces stopped the Japanese and saved Australia from being invaded.

Battle of Midway Island

Jun 4, 1942

U.S planes destroyed Japanese air carriers and defeated their navy. The United States had naval superiority in the Pacific.

Soviets Launch Counter Attack

Feb 2, 1943

German troops were stopped and were cut off of their supply line in the freezing winter. They were forced to surrender at Stalingrad.

Axis Forces in Tunisia Surrender

May 13, 1943

The Allies win and put an end to the North African campaign.

Mussolini is Let Go

Jul 25, 1943

Italian marshall Pietro Badoglio is allowed to form a new government.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

British and US troops land on the Normandy Beaches and launches a "Second Front" against the Germans. Hitler was late to respond because he thought this was a decoy for a different attack.

France Signs an Armistice

Sep 12, 1944

France signed an armistice with the Soviet Union, leaving the Axis partnership.

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler knew he was going to lose and did not want to witness it.

Victory in Europe

May 8, 1945

Germany surrendered to the Soviets.

Bomb on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Truman has an atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Bomb on Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

Truman has an atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

Surrender of Japan

Sep 2, 1945

World War two is over. An estimated fifty million people died during the war.