WW2 Events Timeline

  • Invasion of Manchuria

    Invasion of Manchuria
    Japan's Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria on 18 September 1931. This is considered the start of WW2 in Asia.
  • Fall of Paris

    This was an invasion of Paris by Germany
  • Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain was a military campaign in the Second World War. Where they defeated the United Kingdom.
  • Munich Agreement

    The Munich Agreement was an agreement that make Czechoslovakia surrender its bordering allies. To give land to Germans.
  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
    This was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazis, The Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union. This marked the beginning of WW2
  • Start of Operation Barbossa

    This was the Invasion of the Soviet Union by the Nazis. This operation ended up failing.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The Japanese attacked the United States fleet in Hawaii and destroyed the naval ships by crashing the planes into them.
  • Midway

    Midway
    This was a turning point in the war for the Pacific. Japan lost all four of its aircraft carriers and was not able to attack again. They went on defense for the rest of the war. And America went on the Offense.
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    Stalingrad

    This was a major battle on the Eastern Front. This is when the Nazis and the Allies were defeated on their attempt to defeat the Soviet Union
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    Stalingrad

    This was a major battle on the Eastern Front. This is when the Nazis and the Allies were defeated on their attempt to defeat the Soviet Union
  • The Invasion of Italy

    This was an Allied Led Invasion. They landed on Italys mainland and attacked from their
  • D - Day

    These were a series of airborne attacks by the allies.
  • Liberation of Paris

    This is a battle that took place during WW2. Until Germany surrendered the French Capital
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    This is where the U.S. took over Iwo Jima Island. They took over this Island from the Imperial Japanese owned/ran this territory. Over 22,000 Japanese Soldiers and Sailors died in this battle.
  • Okinawa

    Okinawa
    This battle was codenames the Operation Iceberg. Was a battle of the Pacific Islands. Fought on the Island of Okinawa.
  • VE Day

    This was when the Allies accepted the surrender of Germany. This day is usually celebrated.
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    This was the first bomb that the U.S dropped on the City of Hiroshima Japan. The U.S dropped this bomb to try and achieve a quick surrender.
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki
    This was the second bomb that the U.S dropped on Japan. They dropped this bomb on Nagasaki Japan. This was a follow up attack on Japan.
  • VJ - Day

    VJ - Day
    This was the date that Japan Surrendered in WW2. This brought the war to an end.
  • Nuremberg Trials

    These were trials held by the allies to put away the defeated Nazi Germans. For all of the War Criminal activities