World War 2

By myahr1a

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    German forces bombard Poland to try to regain lost land and rule it.

  • War Declared

    War Declared
    France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.

  • Germany, Denmark, and Norway

    Germany, Denmark, and Norway
    From April 9 to June 9, Germany invades and takes over Denmark and Norway.

  • German Blitzkrieg

    Germany takes over the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.

  • Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

  • Italy

    Italy enters the war.

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    Germany laucnhes and air attack on Britain, which lasts until late October. These attacks are called the Battle of Britain.

  • Axis Alliance

    Axis Alliance
    Germany, Italy, and japansigh the Tripartite Pact, creating the Axis Alliance.

  • Russia

    Russia
    Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with over four million troops.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks the U.S. Navy in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the next day the U.S. joins World War 2, on the Allies side.

  • Japanese Defeated

    The U.S. Navy defeats Japan in the Battle of Miday.

  • Sicily

    The Allies invadeand take the island of Sicily.

  • Italy Surrenders

    Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.

  • D-day and Normandy

    D-day and Normandy
    D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.

  • Paris is Free

    Paris is Free
    Paris is liberated from German control.

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.

  • Iwo Jima

    US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island.

  • Crossing the Rhine River

    The US Third Army under General Patton crosses the Rhine River.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Death

    US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman.

  • Hitler Suicide

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany surrenders to the Allies.

  • Hiroshima

    The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.

  • Nagasaki

    Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.