WW2 events

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  • German Anschluss with Austria

    Hitler annexes Austria into Germany and ordered for the liberation of the German people being held in the Sudetenland

  • Treaty of Munich

    Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini gather in Munich and agree for Hitler to have the Sudetenland. Hitler said that this was the last of his ambitions

  • Hitler invades Czechoslovokia

    Hitler breaks the Treaty of Munich and proceeds to invade the Czechs.

  • Britain rearms and reassures Poland

    Britain makes advancements in military technology in the form of radar. Conscriptions come into effect to assure Poland from the Fuhrer.

  • Russia and Gemrany sign a pact

    Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact and have secret plans for the division of Poland

  • Hitler invades Poland

    Hitler invades Poland

  • Britain and France declare war Germany

  • Phoney War

    Months after the declaration of war on Germany was announced, there was no military action shown by Britain. Thus giving the name "phoney war"

  • Hitler invades Denmark and Norway

    Hitler invades Denmark and Norway to acquire Swedish ores and plant a Norwegian base to break he British naval blockade against Germany

  • Tripartite Pact

    a pact of alliance signed between Germany, Italy, and Japan

  • British troops fight Italians in North Africa

    Italian forces were stopped by British general Wavell

  • Blitzkrieg

    Hitler enforces lighting war against Holland and Belgium. Rotterdam was bombed to a crisp and occupied both countries.

  • Chamberlain resigns

    After being pressured to leave by the labor members Winston Churchill became the head of the wartime coalition government.

  • Dunkirk

    Under the command of British commander in chief, General Gort was forced to retreat to the coast of Dunkirk. more than 338, 000 men were rescued along with 140, 000 French fighters.

  • Battle of Britain

    the Luftwaffe bombers attack British ports. They also focused to bomb British RAF fields.

  • Italy enters the war on the Axis side

  • France signs armistice with Germany

    France signs armistice with Germany with Germany taking France

  • The Blitz

    Hitler bombs London in hopes of destroying the morale of the British people.

  • Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia

  • Operation Barbarossa

    Hitler attacks Russia with 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia. The Russians were shocked due to the treaty they signed in 1939.

  • Pearl Harbor

    The Japs attack the U.S at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.

  • Britain and US declare war on Japan

  • Japanese take Singapore

    The Japs take Singapore from Britain and take 60, 000 prisoners

  • Battle of Midway

    The USA obliterate the Japanese navy at Midway and precede to push the Japs back.

  • Allies in North Africa

    Churchill gave a directive to General Alexander ordering that the man directive was to destroy the German-Italian army.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    The Russians win against the German troops

  • Allies push into North Africa

    British and American troops under command of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower assume control over French Morocco, gradually making way to the Germans

  • Battle of El Alamien

    Montgomery attacks the German Italian forces in North Africa. Bombarding them with armored attacks they push the enemy 1500 miles across the desert

  • Allies invade Sicily

  • Allies take Sicily

  • Allies meet in Tehran

    Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill ordinate plans to defeat Germany. Post war settlements were also discussed

  • Axis powers surrender in North Africa

  • Italy surrenders

    Mussolini is thrown out of office and the new government surrenders to the British and USA. Italy then joins the allied powers. Germans take Mussolini and set him up as the head of government in Northern Italy blocking any allied advancements through Italy

  • Leningrad relieved

    The Leningrad siege was lifted by the Soviet Army

  • Rome liberated

    Allies were able to liberate Rome from the Germans

  • Japanese forced from Burma

    Under General Slim, British forces and the Chindits led by Ode Wingate remove the Japs from Burma

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Germany launches a final defense through the Ardennes region of Belgium but were pushed back by the Allies

  • D-Day

    The Allies attack German forces stationed at Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports landed on the beaches of Normandy. Germans were unaware due to false information and thought the troops would attack near Calais. Germany was unable to prevent the solid landing at Normandy

  • Paris is liberated from the Germans

  • V2 flying bombs kill 3 people in London

  • Allies cross the Rhine

    Allies cross the Rhine while the Soviets were approaching Berlin from the East

  • President Roosevelt dies, taking his place is President Truman

  • Russians reach Berlin

  • Mussolini captured and slaughtered

    captured by Italian partisans and was executed

  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler supposedly kills himself in his bombproof shelter along wit his wife Eva Braun.

  • German forces surrender in Italy

  • German forces surrender in Russia

    Admiral Donitz from the Germans try to surrender from Russia but still fight

  • Donitz surrenders unconditionally

  • V.E. day

    victory for Europe is celebrated

  • Churchill looses election

    Looses the election to Clements Attlee labour party

  • A-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    Japs refuse to surrender. thus the A-bomb to be dropped

  • Russia declares war on Japan

    Russia invades Manchuria

  • A-Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    After the first a-bomb dropped on Hiroshima, the Japs did not surrender

  • Japan surrenders unconditionally

    Japan surrendering would bring an end to the war

  • MacArthur accepts Japans surrender

    US general MacArthur accepts the surrender of Japan bringing a formal ending to the war