WW2

World War 2

Period: May 1, 1939 to May 1, 1945

World War 2 Started

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, World War 2 begins.

Declaring war

Sep 3, 1939

Britain and France declare war on Germany

Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Russia invades and takes Poland

Finland

Nov 30, 1939

Russia takes Finland

Russia military

Mar 12, 1940

Russia and Finland war has stopped. It convinces Hitler that the Russian military is bad.

Denmark and Norway

Apr 8, 1940

Germany takes Denmark and Norway.

Invading Massacre

May 10, 1940

Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg. Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister.

Swastika

Jul 9, 1940

Germany takes france and they put the swastika flag in Versailles and Paris

Pearl Harbor

Jan 30, 1941

Due to the fact of Germany attacks and us helping. Japan attacks Peal Harbor

USA enters

Feb 1, 1941

US enters WW2

Gas

Nov 5, 1941

First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz

Declare against US

Dec 11, 1941

Italy and Germany declare war against the US

Surrender Kong

Dec 25, 1941

Britain surrenders Hong Kong to Japan

War Japan

Period: May 4, 1942 to May 5, 1942

Japan declares war on the Netherlands

Con Camps

Period: Jul 3, 1942 to Jul 4, 1942

Germans begin to deport Jews from the Lodz ghettos to the Concentration Camp

British prisoners

Period: Nov 4, 1942 to Nov 5, 1942

Japanese forces take large numbers of British troops prisoner

Soviet

Jan 10, 1943

Soviet Union begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad.

Stalingrad

Feb 2, 1943

Surrender at Stalingrad which is Germany's first major defeat, plus they recapture Kursk, Rostov and Kharkov

North Africa

May 13, 1943

German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa.

Rescue Germans what

Sep 10, 1943

Italy surrenders to the Allies. Then Germans rescue Mussolini who restablishes a Fascist government

Italy is ally

Oct 16, 1943

Allies enter Naples, Italy. Italy declares war on Germany

Hungary

Mar 19, 1944

Hungary occupied by German Army

Assult

Period: May 3, 1944 to May 4, 1944

The US is taking part in their first major assault on Cassino.

Retreat

May 13, 1944

• Germans surrender in the Crimea. Germans retreat from Anzio

Rome we are here

Jun 5, 1944

Allies enter Rome

D Day

Jun 6, 1944

D-Day happens finally onnorthern coast of France.

Hitler assassination

Jul 20, 1944

German assassination attempt on Hitler fails

The city of love

Aug 25, 1944

We gain Paris back

Prussia

Oct 13, 1944

Soviets enter east prussia

Axis bye bye

Nov 4, 1944

Surrender of Axis forces in Greece

Atomic bomb

Aug 8, 1945

The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Ending of WW2

Sep 2, 1945

WW2 ends