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World War 2 Timeline

  • Hitler's Anschuluss

    Hitler's Anschuluss
    The 1938 Anschluss stands in contrast to the Anschluss movement (Austria and Germany united as one country),[a] initially attempted in 1918, when the Republic of German-Austria attempted union with Germany, but the Treaty of Saint Germain (10 September 1919) and the Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919) forbade both the union and the continued use of the name "German-Austria" (Deutschösterreich). Previously
  • Adolph Hitler rise to power in germany

    Adolph Hitler rise to power in germany
    Extreme nationlism and racism. forceful leader and milatary expandsion. anticommunist and private property with strong government control.
  • benito mussolini facist government in italy

    benito mussolini facist government in italy
    In 1921 mussolini established a facist government in italy. Facism is when you put state of government over people. government all agreed with mussolini's facist style awarded him head of government by italian king. his troops wore black uniforms( black uniforms).
  • storm troopers

    storm troopers
    this a specalist group that was for germany. they were trained harder than other troops. they were the first troops that where specalist group.
  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf
    THis book was an autobioggraphy on national socalist leader adolf hitler. he talks about hitler's polictal ideals and his future plans for germany.
  • japanese invasion of manchuria

    japanese invasion of manchuria
    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II.
  • Hitler's milatary build-up in germany

    Hitler's milatary build-up in germany
    The military career of Adolf Hitler can be divided into two distinct portions of Adolf Hitler's life. Mainly, the period during World War I when Hitler served as a Gefreiter (lance corporal) in the Bavarian Army, and the era of World War II when Hitler served as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) through his position as Führer of Nazi Germany.
  • Third Reich

    Third Reich
    It was a period in germany that started in 1933 andended in 1945. Its the history of germany when hitler took power and world war 2.
  • Hitler invades the Rhineland

    Hitler invades the Rhineland
    Historically, the Rhinelands[1] refers (physically speaking) to a loosely defined region embracing the land on either bank of the River Rhine in Central Europe, settled by Ripuarian and Salian Franks. In the Middle Ages, numerous Imperial States along the river emerged from the former stem duchy of Lotharingia, without developing any common political or cultural identity.
  • Mussolini invasion of ethopia

    Mussolini invasion of ethopia
    The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire (also known at the time as Abyssinia). The war resulted in the military occupation of Ethiopia
  • Joseph Stalin totalitarian government in soviet union

    Joseph Stalin totalitarian government in soviet union
    totalalitarian is government trying to get complete control of people. In this state people have no rights and government controls all opposition. stalin wanted a rural nation with great industrial power.
  • Rome Berlin axis

    Rome Berlin axis
    The Axis grew out of the diplomatic efforts of Germany, Italy and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the treaty signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936. Mussolini declared on November 1 that all other European countries would from then on rotate on the Rome-Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis"
  • Blitzerg

    Blitzerg
    A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery.
  • France and Britan declare war on Germany

    France and Britan declare war on Germany
    On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
  • Non agression pact

    Non agression pact
    German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, also called Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, German-Soviet Treaty of Nonaggression, Hitler-Stalin Pact, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, (August 23, 1939), nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of World War II and which
  • Phoney War

    Phoney War
    The Phoney War (the English spelling is preferred over the American "phony,") was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, that was marked by a lack of major military operations by the United Kingdom and France (the Western Allies) against the German Reich on Germany's Western Front. Even though Poland was overrun in about five weeks in the German Invasion of Poland, which commenced on 1st September 1939,
  • Francisco Franco

    Francisco Franco
    Francisco Franco Bahamonde (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ˈfɾaŋko βaˈamonde]; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. Coming from a military background, he became the youngest general in Spain and one of the youngest generals in Europe in the 1920s
  • Germany invades norway and Denmark

    Germany invades norway and Denmark
    Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany on April 9th 1940. Hitler had issued the order for the invasion of Norway on March 1st under the code word “Weserübung”. The order also included the invasion and occupation of Denmark. It was the start of war in Western Europe - and an end to the 'Phoney War'.
  • Germany and Italy inades France

    Germany and Italy inades France
    In the Second World War, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, defeating primarily French forces. The battle consisted of two main operations
  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement
    The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined.
  • Germany invades Netherlands

    Germany invades Netherlands
    The Battle of the Netherlands (Dutch: Slag om Nederland) was part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II.
  • Battle of Britan

    Battle of Britan
    he Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940
  • Marshal Philipine Petain

    Marshal Philipine Petain
    Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as Philippe Pétain (French: [fi.lip pe.tɛ̃]), Marshal Pétain (Maréchal Pétain or The Lion of Verdun), was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français), from 1940 to 1944. Pétain, who was 84 years old in 1940, ranks as France's oldest head of state.
  • U>S> Convoy System

    U>S> Convoy System
    A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support. It may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas. Arriving at the scene of a major emergency with a well-ordered unit and intact command structure can be another motivation.
  • Pearl Harbor attack

    Pearl Harbor attack
    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
  • Unconditional Surrender

    Unconditional Surrender
    An unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party.
  • Battle of Stainguard

    Battle of Stainguard
    The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943)[8][9][10][11] was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast) was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942
  • Battle of the Buldge

    Battle of the Buldge
    The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
  • Battle of Anizo

    Battle of Anizo
    The Battle of Anzio, also known as Frontline of Anzio and Nettuno,[2] took place on January 22, 1944, with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle in the Italian Campaign against German (and several Italian R.S.I.[3]) forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno (at the time joined in a single comune: Nettunia,[4] Italy). The operation was commanded by American Major General John P. Lucas and was intended to outflank German forces of the Winter Line and enable an attack on Rome.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    In the military, D-Day is the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. The best known D-Day is June 6, 1944—the day of the Normandy landings—initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. However, many other invasions and operations had a designated D-Day, both before and after that operation.[1]
  • Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman
    Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States. As the final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health.
  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
    Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin.[a][b][c] His wife Eva (née Braun) committed suicide with him by taking cyanide.[d] That afternoon, in accordance with Hitler's prior instructions, their remains were carried up the stairs through the bunker's emergency exit, doused in petrol, and set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside the bunker.[1] Records in the Soviet archives show that their burnt remains were recovered and interred in successi
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.[1] It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe.
  • Battle of the Atlantic

    Battle of the Atlantic
    The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign[5][6] in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade. It was at its height from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943.