WWII Timeline Project

Period: May 8, 1933 to May 8, 1945

World War II
Sep 1, 1939

Germany's invasion of Poland

Germany invades poland marking the start of the second World War in Euorope.
Period: Sep 25, 1939 to May 11, 1940

German Blitzkrieg
Jun 22, 1941

Operation Barbarossa
Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor
Jan 20, 1942

Wannsee Conference
Jul 26, 1943

Operation Gomorrah
May 11, 1944

Operation Thunderclap
Jun 6, 1944

D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge
Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima
Period: Apr 7, 1945 to Jun 14, 1945

Battle of Okinawa
May 7, 1945

VE Day
May 8, 1945

Dropping of the Atomic bombs on Japan
Aug 14, 1945

VJ day

World War II