WW2 timeline

By Greer Jr.
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    Battle of Atlantic

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    USSR gains control over the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).

  • German 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.

    USSR attacks Poland from the East. Poland soon falls and is divided between the Germans and Russians

  • Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

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

  • Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the axis powers

  • Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the Axis Powers.

  • Bulgaria joins the Axis Powers.

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    Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway.

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    Germany attacks Western Europe.

    Luxembourg is occupied on May 10. Netherlands surrenders May 14. Belgium surrenders May 28. June 22, France cedes the northern half and their
    entire Atlantic coastline to the Germans.

  • Italy joins the war and on June 27, invades Southern France.

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    Battle of britain

  • Italy invades British controlled Egypt.

  • Italy invades Greece.

  • The Japanese launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  • German Afrika Korps are sent to North Africa to reinforce the Italians.

  • Germany joined by Axis allies and Finland attack the USSR.

  • The United States declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy soon declare war on the United States.

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    The Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina, and Singapore.

  • The Bataan Death March begins as the Imperial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to march 60 tortured-filled miles.

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    The Battle of Coral Sea

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    The Battle of Midway

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    1st Battle of El Alamein

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    The Battle of Guadalcanal

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    Battle of Stalingrad

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    2nd Battle of El Alamein

  • Operation Overlord, D-Day

  • Italy surrenders unconditionally.

  • Paris is liberated.

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    Battle of the Bulge

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    Yalta Conference

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    Battle of Iwo Jima

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    Battle of Okinawa

  • FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President

  • Mussolini is executed.

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • V-E Day

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    Potsdam Conference

  • U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

  • U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

  • V-J Day