WW2 Timeline

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    Battle of the Atlantic

  • Germany 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. Poland soon falls and is divided between the Germans and Russians

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

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    Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway

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    Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France fall.

  • Italy joins the war

  • Italy invades Southern France

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    Battle of Britain

  • Italy invades British controlled Egypt

  • Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact

  • Italy invades Greece

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    Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania join the Axis Powers

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

  • Bulgaria joins the Axis Powers

  • Germany joined by Axis allies and Finland attack the USSR

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

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

  • The Bataan Death March begins at 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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    First Battle of El Alamein

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    The Battle of Guadalcanal

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    Battle of Stalingrad

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    Second Battle of El Alamein

  • Italy surrenders unconditionally

  • Operation Overlord, D-Day

  • Paris is liberated

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    Battle of the Bulge

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    Battle of Iwa Jima

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    Battle of Okinawa

  • FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President

  • Mussolini is executed

  • Hitler commits suicide

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    Potsdam Conference

  • U.S drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki