ww2 timeline

  • Anschluss

    Unification of Austria and Germany
  • Munich Conference

    Sudetenland is given up to Hitler by France and Great Britain
  • Non Aggression Pact

    Germany and USSR Agree not to fight
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    Germany Invade Poland

    Start of world war 2
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    Miracle at Dunkirk

    338,000 troops escape German capture
  • Paris Captured

    France surrenders to Germany
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    Battle of Britain

    3 month bombing of Great Britain
  • Hitler allies with Japan

    Hoped for help against the USSR
  • Germany invades USSR

    Violated Nonaggression Pact
  • Pearl Harbor

    Japanese planes attacked US naval base
  • US declare war on Japan

    FDR makes a speech to congress
  • Germany declares war on US

    Response to Provocations by the US
  • Doolittle Raid

    First bombs dropped on Japan
  • Battle of Midway

    A turning point for Japan
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    10 month long battle, ends turning point in war
  • Kasserine Pass

    First US Battle against Germany
  • Rome Falls

    Italy surrenders and executes Mussolini
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    D-Day

    Allies land at Normandy, Liberations of France
  • MacArthur returns to the Pillipines

    famous speech "I have returned"
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    Battle of the Bulge

    Last German Offensive, Allies Win
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    Island captured by US, Marines raise flag
  • V-E Day

    WW2 Ends in Europe
  • Atomic bomb dropped

    120,000 dies in Hiroshima
  • V-J Day

    WW2 Ends in Japan