• battle of the alantic

  • germany and the soviet union (ussr) sign the nazi soviet pact

  • germany attacks poland

  • great britain and france declare war on germany

  • ussr attacks poland from the east poland soon falls and is divided beetween the germans and russians

  • winter war between ussr and finland war ends when finland cedes border lands to the ussr

  • slovakia hungary romania join the axis powers

  • winter war between ussr and finland war ends when finland cedes border lands to the ussr

  • germany invades and captures denmark and norway

  • germany attacks western europe. luxembourg netherlands belgium and nothern france falls

  • germany invades and captures denmark and norway

  • ussr gains controle over the baltic states

  • germany attacks western europe. luxembourg netherlands belgium and nothern france falls

  • battle of britain

  • ussr gains controle over the baltic states

  • italy invades british controlled egypt

  • germany italy and japan sign the tripartite pact

  • battle of britain

  • italy invades greece

  • german afrika korps are sent to north africa to reinforce the italians

  • bulgaria joins the axis power

  • the battle of coral sea

  • germany joined by the axis allies and finland attacks the ussr

  • the japanese launch a suprise attack on the us naval base in pearl harbor hawaii

  • the united states declare war on japan germany and italy soon declare war on the united states

  • the japanese gain controle over the philipinse french indochina and singapore

  • the japanese gain controle over the philipinse french indochina and singapore

  • the bataan death march begins as the imperail japanese army force flipino and american prisoners of war to march 60 tortured filled miles

  • the battle of coral sea

  • the battle of midway

  • the battle of midway

  • 1st battle of el alamein

  • 1st battle of el alamein

  • the battle of guadalcanal

  • battle of stalingrad

  • 2nd battle of el amein

  • 2nd battle of el alamein

  • battle of stalingrad

  • the battle of guadalcanal

  • italy surrenders unconditionally

  • operation overlord d day

  • paris is liberated

  • battle of the bulge

  • battle of the atlantic

  • battle of the bulge

  • yalta confrence

  • yalta confrence

  • battle of iwo jima

  • battle of iwo jima

  • battle of okinawa

  • fdr dies harry truman becomes president

  • mussolini is executed

  • hitler commits suicide

  • ve day

  • battle of okinawa

  • postdam confrence

  • postdam confrence

  • u.s drops a bobm on hiroshima

  • u.s drops a bomb on nagasaki

  • vj day

  • italy joins the war and on june 27 invades southern france