WWII Timeline Project

World War One

Nov 11, 1918

World War One ends with Germany being defeated.

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the Treaty the basically made Germany pay all war costs and told them do down size in military.

League of Nations

Sep 8, 1926

Germany was addimited into the League of Nations

Stock Market

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market crash on Wall Street in the Untied States.

Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Japan attacked Manchuria for natural resources.

Franklin Roosevelt

Nov 8, 1932

Franklin Roosevelt is elected as President.

Adolf Hitler

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

Reichstag

Feb 27, 1933

The Nazis burn down the Reichstag building and blame it on the communists.

League of Nations

Oct 14, 1933

Germany quits and leaves the League of Nations.

Murder of Austrian Chancellor

Jul 25, 1934

Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss.

Führer

Aug 19, 1934

Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.

Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Italy invades Ethiopia under the leadership of Benito Mussolini.

Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Germany Invades Rhineland

Spain

Jul 18, 1936

Civil War erupts in Spain.

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

Germany invades Austria to reunite themselves.

Sudentenland

Sep 12, 1938

Germany invades Sudentenland in Czechoslovakia.

Kristallancht

Nov 9, 1938

A "Night of Broken Glass" when Nazi destroyed many Jewish buildings.

Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

Germany invades the rest of Czechoslovakia.

Spain

Mar 28, 1939

The Civil War in Spain comes to an end.

Germany Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland to begin World War II.

Beginning of WWII

Sep 3, 1939

France and Great Britian declare war on Germany just a few days after they invade Poland.

War on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Great Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany.

Canada

Sep 10, 1939

Canada declares war on Germany.

Soviet Invades Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Soviet troops invade Eastern Poland while the Nazis invades the other front. They divided up the land between each other.

Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

Germany invades Denmark and Norway

France

May 10, 1940

Germany invades France as well as Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg.

Romania

Oct 7, 1940

Germany invades Romania.

Bulgaria

Mar 2, 1941

The nazis take over Bulgaria.

Yugoslavia and Greece

Apr 6, 1941

The nazis invade Yugoslavia and Greece.

Russia

Jun 21, 1941

The Nazis invade Russia.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese planes attacked a Naval base in Hawaii killing over 2,300 people.

United States Enters

Dec 11, 1941

Germany declares war on the United States. Roosevelt then asks Congress for declaration of war on Germany and use 90 percent of their military and resources to defeat Hitler.

Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

This is the beginning of the attack by Germany on Stalingrad in Russia.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

First time that American troops enetered on European land during World War II. Allied landings in Normandy on the coast of northern France.

Roosevelt Death

Apr 12, 1945

This is the day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on his fourth term and Harry Truman, Vice President, became President.

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin Bunker.

VE-Day

May 8, 1945

This date marked the time when the the war ended between the allies and Germany. Declared the winners being the Euopean allies and Germany Nazis being the defeated.

Potsdam Conference

Jul 17, 1945

Meeting of Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin after Germany's surrender in WWII; resulted in the division of Germany into four zones of occupation.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

Where the United States dropped the first and second atomic bombs on Japan to end the war.

Japan Surrender

Sep 2, 1945

The day that Japan surrenders to the European allies.