WW2 timeline

By cole.mackey@centuraps.org
  • May 10, 1040

    fall of paris

    fall of paris
    The Battle of France 10 May – 25 June 1940 also known as the Western Campaign.

  • Invasion of Manchuria

    Invasion of Manchuria
    The Empire of Japan's Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria on 18 September 1931, immediately following the Mukden Incident.[2] At the war's end in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo.

  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
    In 1933 hitler became the dictator of Germany one of his major priority's was to sign a non-aggression pact with Poland in January 1934.

  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement
    settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia.

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    In 11 May 1941 the Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom

  • Start of Operation Barbarossa

    Start of Operation Barbarossa
    On 22 June 1941 Hitler launched Operation 'Barbarossa', the invasion of the Soviet Union. It was the beginning of a campaign that would ultimately decide the Second World War.

  • pearl harbor

    pearl harbor
    The attack off pearl harbor happened in December 7, 1941 when japan attacked pearl harbor Hawaii.They attacked naval ships, aircraft carriers and war planes.

  • Midway

    Midway
    Midway is a major naval war in the coral ocean, it was between japan and the U.S navy. 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    In 23 August 1942 Germany invaded soviet union forces. Germany lost the attack and got pushed back from the eastern front

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    on June 6, 1944 the Normandy beaches were chosen by planners because they lay within range of air cover, and were less heavily defended than the obvious objective of the Pas de Calais.

  • Liberation of Paris

    Liberation of Paris
    he Liberation of Paris was a military battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army

  • Okinawa

    Okinawa
    On April 1, 1945, more than 60,000 soldiers and US Marines of the US Tenth Army stormed ashore at Okinawa, in the final island battle before an anticipated invasion of mainland Japan.

  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    V-E Day, Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States. On May 8, 1945 - known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day - celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe.

  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials
    After the war, Allied powers—United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union—came together to form the International Military Tribunal (IMT). From 1945 to 1946, Nazi Germany leaders stood trial for crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing crimes.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki are atomic bomb dropped on mainland japan in august 6,1945.The aerial bombings together killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people.

  • V-J day

    V-J day
    In Aug. 14, 1945 Victory over japan day was the defeat of japan and the end to one of the most deadly worlds even recorded in history.