World War II Timeline by Ryan Grossfeld

  • Germany Invades Poland, Inciting World War II

  • France and Britain Declare War on Germany

  • Germany Invades Denmark and Norway

  • Germany Invades Western Europe

  • Italy Invades Southern France

  • Battle of Britain Begins

  • Italy Begins to Invade Greece

  • Germany Loses the Battle of Britain

  • (20)Hungary, (22)Romania, and (23)Slovakia Join the Axis Powers

  • Germany Invades Yugoslavia and Greece

  • Germany Invades the Soviet Union

  • Euthanasia Program is Announced by a Bishop in Muenster

  • Soviet Counteroffensive Drive Germany out of Moscow

  • Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

  • The United States Declare War on Japan

  • Germany Declares War on the United States

  • Wannsee Conference Held Near Berlin, Germany

  • Germans Begin Deportation of Jews from the East to Auschwitz

  • Germany Launches New Offensive Towards Stalingrad

  • Axis Forces Surrender to the Allies in Tunisia

  • The Fascist Council Replaces Mussolini with Badoglio

  • Allied Troops Successfully Land in Anzio, Just South of Rome

  • Germany Surrenders to the Western Allies

  • Germany Surrenders to the Soviets

  • Japan Formally Surrenders to the United States