World Wars Timeline

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  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria

  • World War I Begins

  • Germany invades Luxembourg

    Germany invades Luxembourg

  • President Wilson announces that USA will remain neutral

    President Wilson announces that USA will remain neutral

  • Japan declares war on Germany

  • Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire

  • U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania

    U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania

  • USA declares war on Germany

  • Bolsheviks successfully overthrow Russian government

  • Germany signs the Armistice at Campiegne, France

    Germany signs the Armistice at Campiegne, France

  • USA declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • World War I Ends

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

  • World War II Begins

  • Britian and France declare war on Germany

  • Churchill becomes prime minister

    Churchill becomes prime minister

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

  • Auschwitz opens

    Auschwitz opens

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

  • Battle of Stalingrad begins

  • First major German defeat (Battle of Stalingrad ends)

  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Guam is liberated

    Guam is liberated

  • Auschwitz is liberated

    Auschwitz is liberated

  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki

  • World War II Ends

  • Japan formally surrenders