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WWII Timeline

  • Rise of Hitler

    Rise of Hitler
    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf
    Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published.
  • Nazis' Party

    Nazis' Party
    Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany.
  • New President

    New President
    Franklin Roosevelt elected president of the United States.
  • Night Of Long Knives

    Night Of Long Knives
    The Nazi "Night of the Long Knives"
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
  • Rhineland

    Rhineland
    German troops occupy the Rhineland
  • Ethiopia

    Ethiopia
    Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia.
  • Sudetenland

    Sudetenland
    German troops occupy the Sudetenland; Czech government resigns.
  • Kristallnach

    Kristallnach
    Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.
  • Nazis Pact

    Nazis Pact
    Nazis and Soviets sign Pact.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    Germany invades Poland WWII starts.
  • Britain, France, Autralia, New Zeland declared war.

    Britain, France, Autralia, New Zeland declared war.
    Britain, France, Australia, New Zeland declare war on Germany.
  • Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

    Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
    Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.
  • Hitler's Dead

    Hitler's Dead
    Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
  • V-E

    V-E
    V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.
  • First atomic bomb in Japan

    First atomic bomb in Japan
    First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.
  • Japanese Surrender

    Japanese Surrender
    Japanese sign the surrender agreement; V-J (Victory over Japan) Day.
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials
    Nuremberg war crimes trials begin.