WW2 timeline

By jessie_whitttt

  • Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of italy

  • Stalin comes to power

  • Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

  • Holocaust

  • Phony War "Sitzkreig"

  • Non-aggression pact

  • Invasion of poland and start of WW2

  • Battle of Britain

  • lend-lease Act passed in US

  • Hitler invades Soviet Union

  • Pearl Harbor attack

  • America declares war on Japan and enters WW2

  • Office of War Mobilization created

  • Executive order 9066

  • Battle of Coral Sea

  • Battle of Midway

  • Operation Torch (North Africa)

    The opperation Torch was 'the Brittish-American invasion of French North Africa in world war 2 during they North African campaign". This all took place on November 8th, 1942. The United kingdom, and the military forces of the united states "launched" an opperation against French North Africa.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of world war 2. "Nazi Germany and its allies fought for the Soviet union for the control of the city Stalingrad(now Volongrad) in the southwestwern Soviet union. " This battle took place from febuary 2nd, 1942, to Febuary 2nd, 1943. This battle caused German forces to never recover from their earlier strength. "and attained no further stratigic victories in the East."

  • Invasion of Sicily/Italy

    After defeating Italy and Germany in the North African Campaign of WW2 the United States and Great Britain, the leading Allied powers, looked ahead to the invasion of occupied Europe and the final defeat of Nazi Germany. After 38 days of fighting, the U.S. and Great Britain successfully drove German and Italian troops from Sicily and prepared to assault the Italian mainland. The invasion of Sicily, code-named Operation Husky, began before dawn on July 10, 1943.

  • D-Day

    The D-day was allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. The codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches on the coast of France’s Normandy region. This invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated.

  • lwo Jino

  • Battle of Berlin

    This was one of the most intense battles in human history. The guns at last stopped firing amongst the ruins of Berlin. According to Soviet veterans, the silence that followed the fighting was literally deafening. Designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II.

  • Okinawa

  • End od WW2

  • Hilter commits suicide

  • V-E Day

  • Dropping of the atomic bombs

  • Battle of Atlantic

    The battle of Atlantic was they longest military campaign in World war 2. This battle was continuous and it took place from 1939 to 1945 when they defeated Germany. The battle of they atlantic was a war that is unforgettable, and as it was going on it was all that everyone could think about. When the war ended, the Germany blockade failed. 175 warships had sunk "for the loss of 783 U-boats", along with 3,500 merchant ships.

  • War Production Board crated