World War Two Timeline

By KelseyLopreste

  • Annexation of Sudetenland

    Annexation of Sudetenland
    The Sudetenland was assigned to Germany between 1 October and 10 October 1938. The Czech part of Czechoslovakia was invaded by Germany.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacked the US naval base in Hawaii. They did this in an attempt to cripple the US Navy.
    Source: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor

  • The Philippines

    The Philippines
    Japan launched a surprise attack on the Philippines on December 8, 1941. Just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps
    These were basically concentration camps for the US people of Japanese decent. The American people didn't trust the Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor.
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    Stalingrad

    largest confrontation of World War II. Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad
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    Battle of Midway

    An important turning point for the Allies. Fought almost only in the Air.
    Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway
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    Guadalcanal

    the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies. They Surprise attacked the Japanese.
    Source: https://css.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal

  • los alamos

    los alamos
    The place where the Manhattan project took place.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.

  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    An American military strategy to win back all of the islands Japan stole. This actually worked and led to the victory of the Allies.

  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
    major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders. They discussed how to bring the war to an end.

  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
    Towards the end of the war it became clear to Hitler that he was not going to be on the winning side. Instead of accepting this defeat, he killed himself.
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    Meeting at Potsdam

    Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945. The Allied leaders agreed to meet over the summer at Potsdam to continue the discussions that had begun at Yalta.

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    The first atomic bomb dropped on Japan by America. After the bombing of Nagasaki, it led to the surrender of Japan.

  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin
    On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the speaker for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West.
    https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall