World War 2

By Mahomet08

  • Japan Invades Manchuria, China

    This invasion by Japan was due to Japan wanting to control of the providince to eventuallly control all of China.

  • Italy Invades/Annexes Ethiopia

    Controllled by Benito Mussolini, the invasion of Ethiopia was to gain more land and prestige to Italy, due to their loss aganist Ethiopia in the late nintenth century.

  • Japan Invades China

    Japan invades China for the second time to again gain more land due to Japan having small territory on a island. Again the League of Nations could not help China.

  • Germany takes over Austria (Anschluss)

    After Austria refused to agree to join Germany and Austria a union, Hitler meet with the leader Schuschnigg. Hitler's deal included appointing known Nazis into positions of great power in Austria. He accepted this deal and consequently the Nazi leaders allowed German soldiers into Austria.

  • Hitler demands complete annexation of Sudetenland

    Hitler met with pro Nazi leader Henlein about control of the Sudetenland. Hitler wanted the freedom to profess Nazi ideology in Sudetenland.

  • The Munich Agreement is signed (Appeasement)

    Henlein agreed to allowing Hitler to take Sudetenland and they signed the Munich Agreement.

  • German-Soviet Non Agression Pact is signed

    The Pact included the agreement to not attack each other or help aid a country attacking the other and to solve all diagreements by negotiation.

  • Germanty Invades Poland

    Hitler invaded Poland in order to gain more land and completely rule Poland. He used his blitzkreig strategy for the first time which involved excessive bombing.

  • The Battle of Britain

    Germany attacked Britain and they locked into the largest bombing campaign to that date. Britain's air victory protected it from a ground invasion.

  • The Tripartite Pact is signed

    The axis powers were formed: Germany, Italy, and Japan. They become allies after signing The Tripartite Pact.

  • Pearl Harbor is bombed

    Nearly hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor near Hawaii. More than 2,000 American soldiers and sailors died.

  • US declares war on Japan

    The day after the Pearl Harbor attack, president Franklin Rooosevelt announced on the radio "a day which will live in infamy". He declared war on Japan.

  • The Battle of Midway

    Thanks to the US's advances in code breaking, they were able to counterambush Japan's attack. The victory was the turning point of the war and moved the allies into the offensive.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    The battle of Stalingrad successfully stopped the Germans from entering the USSR. It was the blooodiest battles in history including nearly 2 million military and civilian casualties.

  • Italian government surrenders

    Dwight Eisenhower officially annonces the surrender of the italian troops.

  • D-Day

    American,British, and Canadian forces landed on France's Normandy beaches to attack the Germans. 156,000 soldiers landed.

  • Allied Troops liberate the people of France

    The troops of the US and France freed the people of Paris from Germany control.

  • Mussolini is captured and killed

    Trying to avoid persecution, Mussolini attempts to escape to Spain. He is captured along the way and taken to Mezzegra.There he was executed along with 15 other leading facists in retaliation.

  • Hitler commits suicide in his bunker

    Hitler commited suicide in his bunker along with his wife, Eva Braun of two days, and his dog, Blondi. He and his wife both took cyanide capsules and Hitler then shot himself with his pistol.

  • V-E Day

    Known as Victory in Europe, this day both the US and Great Britain celebrate the defeat of the Nazi Party. More than 13,000 British prisoners of war were released and sent back to Great Britain.

  • Atomic bomb on Hiroshima

    The world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and wiped out 90% of the city. 80,000 were killed and many more would later die of radiation poisoning.

  • Soviets declare war on Japan

    The next day after the Hiroshima bombing, the Soviets declared war on Japan. More than 1 million Soviet soldiers poured into Japanese controlled, Manchuria. They took on the army of 700,000 Japanese soldiers.

  • Atomic bombing of Nagasaki

    Only three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the Japanese city of Nagaskai has an atomic bomb dropped. Killing at least 40,000 and many more later to radiation poisoning.

  • Japan signs surrender agreement

    Japan surrenders to the sllies aboard the USS Missouri. This event ends WW2.

  • Nuremberg Trials

    The Nuremberg trials were held to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. They were held in Nuremberg, Germany.