WWII Timeline

  • Germany opens Dachau concetration camp

    Germany opens Dachau concetration camp
    First concentration camp created by germans.
  • German troops occupy Rhineland

    German troops occupy Rhineland
    Hittler violates the treaty of versailles, by sending german troops to Rhineland.
  • Nazis take Czechoslovakia

    Nazis take Czechoslovakia
    Hittlers invasion of Czechoslovakia was the end of peace for the European country's.
  • Mussolini's Italian forces take ethiopia

    Mussolini's Italian forces take ethiopia
    Mussolini invaded ethiopia, challenging the european armies sparking the beginning of the war.
  • Nazis invade poland

    Nazis invade poland
    One of Hittlers first major aggressions towards another country starting WWII.
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    WWII

    The second world war
  • German Blitzkrieg overwhelms Belgium, Holland, and France.

    German Blitzkrieg overwhelms Belgium, Holland, and France.
    Bilitzrieg is a military tactic to scatter and confuse opposing troops.
  • Hitler begins operation Barbarossa

    Hitler begins operation Barbarossa
    Hitler sent his troops eastward in an evasion of the Soviet union.
  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
    Japan boomed the us navy port in pear harbor Hawaii. Made Americ join the war.
  • U.S.A enters the war.

    U.S.A enters the war.
    U.S.A enters the war after the attack of pearl harbor.
  • Singapore falls to the Japanese

    Singapore falls to the Japanese
    The Japanese took Singapore as their own.
  • American naval victory at battle of Midway

    American naval victory at battle of Midway
    American navy attacks Japans navy and wins.
  • US cracks Japanese codes

    US cracks Japanese codes
    The U.S.A figures out Japanese naval codes which give them a huge advantage in the war.
  • Surrender at Stalingrad

    Surrender at Stalingrad
    Diminishing resources and the cruelty of the Russian winter were what inevitably lead to the german surrender.
  • Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins

    Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins
    Many jews were killed in concentration camps and was very devastating.
  • Normandy invasion

    Normandy invasion
    A big attack on normandy beach in France. Also know as D-day
  • Paris is liberated

    Paris is liberated
    Paris was released from german control by military control.
  • Big three Potsdam

    Big three Potsdam
    For leader of the world to negotiate terms for the end of the war.
  • Hiroshema

    Hiroshema
    One of the sites for the dropping of the atomic bomb. What lead to the surrender of Japan in the war.
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki
    Along with Hiroshema, Nagasaki was the other atomic bomb that ended the war.