WWII Timeline

By DCoat

  • Anschluss(P)

    FDR makes speech to
    congress
    "..a date that will live in
    infamy"

  • Munich Conference (E)

    Last German Offense - Allies
    Win

  • Nonaggression Pact (P)

    Japan Unprovoked Attack of
    U.S.

  • Germany Invades Poland (E)

    First US Battle Against
    Germany (Bad Loss)

  • Miracle at Dunkirk (E)

    Famous speech "I Have
    Returned"

  • Paris Captured (P)

    Island Captured by US.
    Marines Raise Flag

  • Battle of Britain (E)

    WWII Ends in Europe

  • German Invades USSR(E)

    Germany and USSR agree
    not to fight

  • U.S. declares war on Japan (P)

    Violates Nonagression Treaty

  • Pearl Harbor (P)

    Italy Surrenders and
    Mussolini is executed

  • Battle of Starlingrad (P)

    WWII ends in Japan

  • Doolittle Raid (E)

    Unification of Austria and
    Germany

  • Germany Declares War on U.S. (E)

    Hitler allied with Japan and
    they hoped for help against
    USSR

  • Battle of Midway (P)

    338,000 troops escape
    German capture

  • Atomic Bombs dropped(E)

    3 month bombing of Great
    Britain

  • Kasserine Pass (P)

    Over 120,000 die at
    Hiroshima

  • Rome Falls(E)

    GB and France give Hitler
    Sudetenland

  • D-Day (P)

    Turning point in war with
    Japan

  • Battle of the Bulge (P)

    Allies land at Normandy -
    Liberation of France

  • Iwo Jima (P)

    Start of WWII

  • V-E-Day(E)

    France surrenders to
    Germany

  • V-J-DAY (E)

    10 month battle ends, Turning point in War