World War II Timeline

By savoyjt

  • Beginning of WWII

    Beginning of WWII

  • United States proclaims Neutrality

    United States proclaims Neutrality

  • Italy declares war on Britain and France

    Italy declares war on Britain and France

  • German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic

    German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic

  • Italy invades Greece

    Italy invades Greece

  • Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president

    Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president

  • President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act

    President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act

  • Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev

    Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev

  • Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

    Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  • United States and Britain declare war on Japan

    United States and Britain declare war on Japan

  • Hitler declares war on the United States.

    Hitler declares war on the United States.

  • Hitler orders the execution of all captured British commandos

    Hitler orders the execution of all captured British commandos

  • British bombing raid on Hamburg

    British bombing raid on Hamburg

  • Germans rescue Mussolini

    Germans rescue Mussolini

  • Mussolini re-establishes a Fascist government

    Mussolini re-establishes a Fascist government

  • British drop 3000 tons of bombs during an air raid on Hamburg, Germany

    British drop 3000 tons of bombs during an air raid on Hamburg, Germany

  • Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails

    Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails

  • Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland

    Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland

  • Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz

    Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz

  • Civil War in Greece

    Civil War in Greece

  • Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans

    Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide

  • First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan

    First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan

  • Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan

    Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan

  • Japanese sign the surrender agreement

    Japanese sign the surrender agreement