WWII

Japan and Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Japan invades Manchuria

Japan and Germany Pact

Nov 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.

Japan and China

Jul 7, 1937

Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

Munich agreement

Sep 29, 1938

Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.

Polish Borders

Mar 31, 1939

France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.

USSR and Germany

Aug 23, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

Germany and Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.

France and Britan

Sep 3, 1939

Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Soviet and Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Sovient Union invades poland from the east

Italy and Frane

Jun 10, 1940

Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.

Italy

Jun 10, 1940

Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.

Soviet Union and Romania

Jun 28, 1940

The Soviet Union forces Romania to cede the eastern province of Bessarabia and the northern half of Bukovina to the Soviet Ukraine.

Romania

Jun 28, 1940

The Soviet Union forces Romania to cede the eastern province of Bessarabia and the northern half of Bukovina to the Soviet Ukraine.

Italy and Egypt

Sep 13, 1940

The Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya.

Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

Italy and Greece

Oct 28, 1940

Italy invades Greece from Albania on October 28.

Bulgaria

Mar 1, 1941

Bulgaria joins the Axis.

Soviet Counteroffense

Dec 6, 1941

A Soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans from the Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

U.S. WW2

Dec 8, 1941

U.S. Enters World War two

Midway

Jun 1, 1942

British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.

North africa

Oct 8, 1942

US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in French North Africa. The failure of the Vichy French troops to defend against the invasion enables the Allies to move swiftly to the western border of Tunisia, and triggers the German occupation of southern France on November 11.

North Africa Taken

May 13, 1943

Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.

Mussolini dethroned

Jun 25, 1943

The Fascist Grand Council deposes Benito Mussolini, enabling Italian marshall Pietro Badoglio to form a new government.

D- Day Normandy

Jun 6, 1944

British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.

Normandy breakthrough

Jul 25, 1944

Anglo-American forces break out of the Normandy beachhead and race eastward towards Paris.

Hitler dies

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler commits suicide

Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

The United Sates drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

Winning the war

Sep 2, 1945

Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.