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First Neutrality Act is Passed
Passed by the US Congress in 1935 in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to WWII. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-intervensionism in the US following its costly involvement in WWI. -
Signing of the Rome-Berlin Axis
An agreement formulated by Italy's foreign minister, informally linking the two fascist countries. -
Signing of the Anti Comintern Pact
An agreement concluded first between Germany, Japan, and Italy. It was directed against the Communist International but by implication specifically against the Soviet Union -
Hitler Declares Austria as a Part of the Thrid Reich
It is also called Anschluss when Germany included Austria into Germany. -
The Munich Conferene
It came as a result of a long series of negotiations. Adolf Hitler had demanded the Sutetenland in Czechoslovakia and the British Minister tried to convince him otherwise but failed. -
German Troops Invade Czechoslovakia
Hitler's forces invaded and occupied Czechoslovakia that was sacrificed in the Munich Pact when France and Britain gave Germany Cezechoslovakia in the name of peace. Although the agreement was on the Sudetenland it also gave the Nazi war machin 66% of Czechoslovakia;s coal, 70% of its iron and steel, and 70% of its electrical power. -
Mussolini Invades Albania
In an effort to mimic Hitler's conquest of Prague, Mussolini though badly organized what was intended to be a prelude to greater conquests in the Balkans. -
German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Signed
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany Attacks Poland
Also known as the September Campaign, it was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Free City of Dazig, and the Soviet Union, that started on September 1st. -
The Soviet Union Attacks Finland
The Red Army corssed the Soviet-Finish border and bombed Helsinki. Pictures of the devastation were hung up everywhere to spur resistance. -
Germans Invade Denmark and Norway
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway as a preventative manoeuver against a planned, openly discussed Franco-British occupation of Norway. -
Winston Churchill is named as Prime Minster of Great Britain
Winston Churchill is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as the British Prime Minister after Chamberlain's resignation. -
Germans invade the Netherlands, Belgium and luxembourg
GerThe German ambassadors handed to the Netherlands' and Belgian goverments a memorandum alleging that the British and French aarmies were planning to attack the Ruhr justifying the invasion;howerver, there is no evidence so it was actually entirely without justification. -
Dunkerque is Evacuated
Also known as the miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France. -
Mussolini Declares War on France and Great Britain
After withholding formal allegiance to either side in the battle between Germany and the allies Mussolini declares war on France and Great Brrtiain. -
Battle of Britain
the Defence of the UK by the Royal Air Force against the onslaught by the German Air Force. -
Japan Forms an Alliance with Germany and Italy
On May 22, 1939 Germany and Italy signed an alliance called the Pact of Steel and it was renamed the Tripartite Pact when Japan joined in. They would be the three main Axis Powers in the war. -
Erwim Rommel Takes Control of Libya
Genral Erwin Rommel arrived in Tripoli, Libiya with the newly formed Afrika Korps to reinforce the troubled Italians' position. However, they found it difficult to adjust to the desert climate and later returned to Europe. -
Germany Attacks the Soviet Union
The attack was under the codename Operation Barbarossa and was the larges German military operation of WWII when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. -
Roosevelt and Churchill sign the Atlantic CHarter
It was a joint declaration released by the US President and British Prime Minister that provided a statement of the US and British war aims. -
Pearl Harbor is Attacked
It was a surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in the US Territory of Hawaii. This attack ld to the US entry into WWII. -
US Congress Declares War on Japan
The day after Japanese forces attacked the Americal military base at Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked for a Declaration of War with Japan. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. -
Bataan Death March
The forcible transfer from Saisaih Point and marveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese army of 60,000-80,000 Filipino and American Prisoners of War. -
Battle of Midway
It was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific during WWII. Only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor the US Navy defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Battle of Midway is considered a turning point in the war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle on the eastern form of WWII which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
D-Day
156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on the five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. The Normany landings have been called the beginning of the end of the war in Europe. -
MacArthur Lands in the Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines. The operation was for the recapture and liberation of the entire Philippine Archipelago and to end almost three years of occupation. -
V-E Day
It marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of WWII of Nazi Germany;s unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Potsdam Conference
Soviet leader Stalin, Prime Minister Churchill, and US President Trument met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate the terms for the end of WWII -
V-J Day
News of Surrender was announced to the public and it sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of WWII.
