ww2 timeline

Battle of the Atlantic

Period: 1939 to 1945

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-the-atlantic

Germany and the Soviet Union (USSR) sign the Nazi-Soviet pact

Aug 23, 1939

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/

USSR attacks Poland from the east Poland soon falls and is divided between the Germans and russians

Sep 17, 1939

Winter war between USSR and Finland War ends when Finland cedes border lands to the USSR

Period: Nov 30, 1939 to Mar 13, 1940

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-short-history-of-the-winter-war

great Britain and France declare war on germany

Dec 3, 1939

slovkia Hungary Romania join the axis powers

1940

Germany invades and captures Denmark and norway

Period: Apr 9, 1940 to Jun 9, 1940

https://www.annefrank.org/

Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembeourg Netherlands Belgium and Northern France fall

Period: May 10, 1940 to Jun 22, 1940

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

Italy joins the war and on June 27 invades southern France

Jun 10, 1940

USSR gains controle over the Baltic states (Estonia Latvia Lithuania)

Period: Jun 14, 1940 to Aug 6, 1940

https://www.britannica.com/

Battle of Britain

Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

https://www.britannica.com/browse/Wars-Battles-Conflicts

Germany attacks poland

Sep 1, 1940

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/

Italy invades British controlled egypt

Sep 13, 1940

germany, Italy and Japan sign the tripartite pact

Sep 27, 1940

https://www.britannica.com/

Italy invades greece

Oct 28, 1940

German Africa Korps are sent to North Africa to reinforce the Itaians

1941

https://www.nam.ac.uk/

Bulgaria joins the axis powers

Mar 1, 1941

https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria/World-War-II

Germany joined by axis allies and Finland attacks the USSR

Jun 22, 1941

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/

the Japanese launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in pearl harbour and hawaii

Dec 7, 1941

the Japanese gain controle over the Philippines french Indochina and singapore

Dec 8, 1941

the U.S declares war on Japan germany and Italy soon declare war on the U.S

Dec 8, 1941

the Bataan death march begins as the imperial Japanese army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to march 60 tortured filled miles

Apr 12, 1942

the battle of coral sea

May 4, 1942

the battle of midway

Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/

1st Battle Of El Alamein

Period: Jul 1, 1942 to Jul 17, 1942

https://www.britannica.com/event/battles-of-El-Alamein

the battle of guadalcanal

Aug 9, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad

Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1942

https://www.britannica.com/

2nd Battle of El Alamein

Period: Oct 23, 1942 to Nov 5, 1942

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff5_second_alamein.shtml

italy surrenders unconditionally

Sep 3, 1943

Paris is liberated

Aug 25, 1944

Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Bulge

Yalta conference

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/yalta-conf

Battle of Iwo Jima

Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Iwo-Jima

Battle of Okinawa

Period: Apr 1, 1945 to Jun 2, 1945

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Okinawa

Mussolini is executed

Apr 28, 1945

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

V-E day

May 8, 1945

V-J day

May 15, 1945

operation overload d day

Jun 6, 1945

Potsdam conference

Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945

https://history.state.gov/

U.S drops an atomic bomb on hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

U.S drops an atomic bomb on nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes president

Apr 12, 1948

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/looking-back-at-the-day-fdr-died