ww2 timeline

Battle of the Atlantic

1939

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/content/en/article/german-soviet-pact#:~:text=The%20German%2DSoviet%20Pact%20was%20an%20agreement%20signed%20by%20Nazi,Minister%20Vyacheslav%20Molotov%20negotiated%20it.

Germany attacks Poland

Sep 1, 1939

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939#:~:text=On%20September%201%2C%201939%2C%20Germany,to%20encircle%20and%20dismember%20Germany.

Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1939-1941/britain-and-france-declare-war#:~:text=Honoring%20their%20guarantee%20of%20P

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

Nov 30, 1939

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N-Hw7WIVTE

Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the Axis Powers

1940

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/axis-powers-in-world-war-ii

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

1940

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/europe/1966-04-01/how-baltic-republics-fare-soviet-union#:~:text=The%20Baltic%20States%20of%20Estonia,republics%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union.

Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/61/germany-invades-denmark-and-norway/#:~:text=Under%20the%20code%20name%20'Operation,surrendered%20on%209%20Jun

Germany attacks Westren Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and Northren France fall.

May 10, 1940

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/fall-of-france/#:~:text=Between%209%20May%20and%2022,Luxembourg%2C%20the%20N

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

Jun 14, 1940

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939#:~:text=After%20heavy%20shelling%20and%20bombing,was%20along%20the%20Bug%20

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

Jun 16, 1940

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-declares-war-on-france-and-great-britain

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite

Sep 27, 1940

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tripartite-Pact

Italy invades British controlled Egypt

Sep 30, 1940

https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/struggle-north-africa-1940-43#:~:text=On%2011%20June%201940%2C%20Italy's,from%20their%20colony%20of%20Libya.

Italy invades Greece

Oct 28, 1940

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-invades-greece

Germany Afrika Korps are sent to North Africa to reinforce the Italians

1941

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Korps

Bulgaria joins the Axis Powers

Mar 1, 1941

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

Germany joined by the Axis allies and Findland attack the USSR

Jun 22, 1941

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/axis-powers-in-world-war-ii

The Japanese launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in pearl Harbour, Hawaii

Dec 7, 1941

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EtEhogIqlWk

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

Dec 8, 1941

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_French_Indochina

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

Dec 8, 1941

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDM3LhnEbTQ

The Bataan Death March begins as the Imperial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of tortured- filled miles

Apr 9, 1942

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVsBaNCZARs

The Battle of Coral Sea

May 4, 1942

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB5hH3ksvKE

The Battle of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HkBW7X7LaU

1st Battle of El Alamein

Jul 1, 1942

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2517/first-battle-of-el-alamein/

The Battle of Guadacanal

Aug 7, 1942

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_QhTdzWBJk

2nd Battle of El Alamein

Oct 23, 1942

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2519/second-battle-of-el-alamein/

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1943

https://www.normandy1944.info/home/battles/battle-of-stalingrad

Italy surrenders unconditionly

Sep 3, 1943

https://www.theguardian.com/century/1940-1949/Story/0,,127606,00.html#:~:text=Thursday%209%20September%201943&text=Italy%20has%20surrendered

Operation Overload, D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/world-war-ii-d-day-invasion-normandy#:~:text=The%20D%2DDay%20operation%20of,the%20beaches%20of%20Normandy%2C%20France.

Paris is liberated

Aug 25, 1944

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

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

Yalta Confrence

Feb 4, 1945

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kDj77Wr9KkQ

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima

Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/battle-of-okinawa

FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President

Apr 12, 1945

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

Mussolini is executed

Apr 28, 1945

https://www.history.com/news/mussolinis-final-hours

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/VE-Day/#:~:text=On%20May%208%2C%201945%20%2D%20known,%2C%20on%20June%206%2C%201944.

Potsdam Confrence

Jul 17, 1945

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Conference

U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOVCx4yiICM&t=185s

U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Aug 9, 1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOVCx4yiICM

V-J Day

Aug 15, 1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3b6x9iqDc

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1946

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-britain