A wwii plane flew past a wall of fire to re enact the pearl harbor attack

WWII time line

  • Germany is allies with Japan

    Germany is allies with Japan
    Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.
  • Germany and Russia are in a pact

    Germany and Russia are in a pact
    Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    Germany invaded Poland with a Blitzkrieg style of attack. They sent planes in to bomb then the tanks and lastly ground troops. Hitler did this because he knew France and Germany would declare war on Germany because of this.
  • France and Britain declare war

    France and Britain declare war
    Great Britain and France declare war on Germany becuase they are allies with Poland
  • Poland surrenders to Germany and Russia

    Poland surrenders to Germany and Russia
    Warsaw surrenders on September 27. The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them.
  • Italy enters the war

    Italy enters the war
    Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France
  • Tripartite

    Tripartite
    Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor so it would pull America into the war. America had control of the Phillipeans and Japan wanted it for themselves. They thought it would be easier to attack the major part of our navy so it would be easier to attack the Phillipeans.
  • The United States declares war on Japan

    The United States declares war on Japan
    The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation.
  • Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.

    Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
    Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria,
  • Period: to

    bringing the war home to Germany

    The British bomb Köln (Cologne), bringing the war home to Germany for the first time. Over the next three years Anglo-American bombing reduces urban Germany to rubble.
  • Halt Japanese navy

    Halt Japanese navy
    British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
  • Overthrow Mussolini

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

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

    recapture Paris
    Allied troops reach Paris. On August 25, Free French forces, supported by Allied troops, enter the French capital. By September, the Allies reach the German border; by December, virtually all of France, most of Belgium, and part of the southern Netherlands are liberated.
  • The battle of the Bulge

    The battle of the Bulge
    The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border. By January 1, 1945, the Germans are in retreat.
  • Germany is done

    Germany is done
    Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders
  • The bomb of all bombs

    The bomb of all bombs
    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
  • Japan surrenders

    Japan surrenders
  • We won

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