WW2

By drodgers91

  • Japan invades Manchuria.

    Japan invades Manchuria.
    Japan invades Manchuria.

  • Anexxation of Ethiopia

    Anexxation of Ethiopia
    Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia.

  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China
    Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

  • Munich Agreement.

    Munich Agreement.
    Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.

  • Nonagression Agreement.

    Nonagression Agreement.
    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

  • Invation of Poland

    Invation of Poland
    Hitler invades Poland

  • Italy enters the war.

    Italy enters the war.
    Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.

  • Battle of Britain ends.

    Battle of Britain ends.
    The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks the US.

  • United Sates declares war on Japan

    United Sates declares war on Japan
    December 8, 1941
    The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation.

  • War declared on U.S

    War declared on U.S
    December 11–13, 1941
    Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.

  • U.S liberates Rome

    U.S liberates Rome
    June 4, 1944
    Allied troops liberate Rome. Within six weeks, Anglo-American bombers could hit targets in eastern Germany for the first time.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy.

  • US crosses the Rhine River a Remagen

    US crosses the Rhine River a Remagen
    March 7, 1945
    US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.

  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide
    April 30, 1945
    Hitler commits suicide.

  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    Victory in Europe.

  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima
    August 6, 1945
    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

  • The Soviet Union declares war on Japan

    The Soviet Union declares war on Japan
    August 8, 1945
    The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.

  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Bombing of Nagasaki
    August 9, 1945
    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

  • Japan Surrenders.

    Japan Surrenders.
    Japan surrender to Allied forces.