WW2 Timeline Josh and Alex

By Joshpoms

  • E Munich Conference

    Great Britain and France give Hitler Sudetenland
  • E Anschluss

    E Anschluss

    Unification of Austria and Germany
  • E Nonaggression Pact

    E Nonaggression Pact

    Germany and USSR agree not to fight

  • E Germany Invades Poland

    Start of WWII
  • E Battle of Britain

    E Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great Britain

  • E Miracle at Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German Capture
  • E Paris Captured

    E Paris Captured

    France surrenders to Germany
  • P Pearl Harbor

    P Pearl Harbor

    Japan's unprovoked attack on the U.S.

  • P U.S. Declares War on Japan

    FDR makes a speech to congress "...a date that will live in infamy"
  • E Germany Declares War on U.S.

    E Germany Declares War on U.S.

    Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR

  • E Germany invades USSR

    Violates Nonaggression Treaty

  • P Doolittle Raid

    American bombs fall in Japan for the first time

  • P Battle of Midway

    Turning point in the war with Japan

  • E Kasserine Pass

    First U.S. battle against Germany (Bad loss)

  • E Battle of Stalingrad

    10-month battle ends which is the turning point in the war
  • E Rome Falls

    E Rome Falls

    Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed

  • E D-Day

    Allies Land at Normandy

  • P MacArthur returns to the Philippines

    Famous speech "I have returned"

  • E Battle of the Bulge

    Last German offense - Allies win

  • P Iwo Jima

    The island captured by the U.S. and the Marines raised the flag

  • E V-E Day

    WWII ends in Europe
  • P Atomic Bomb Dropped

    P Atomic Bomb Dropped

    Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
  • P V-J Day

    P V-J Day

    WWII ends in Japan