Ww2

Timeline of World War II

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    On the 1st of September, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland to imperialise it and become part of Germany, Britian and France, having just signed a treaty that promised military support then prepare for war again with the aggression given from Germany, effectively starting World War II in Europe.
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    The Time Period of World War II (Japan)

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    Time Period of World War II (Europe)

  • Britain and France Declare War on Germany

    Britain and France Declare War on Germany
    Britain and France officially declare war upon Germany and the Axis Powers, the real war begins now.
  • France Surrenders to Germany

    France Surrenders to Germany
    On the 10th of May, 1940, Germany launched the invasion of France and the low countries. The German offensive crushed the dutch forces and after bombing of Rotterdamn, the Netherlands surrendered. After the surrender of the Netherlands, the allies suffered severe losses and the evacuation of Dunkirk saved many british and french lives at the cost of France surrendering to Germany once the remaining resistance was crushed, a terrible loss in the European front.
  • Germany Invades Russia

    Germany Invades Russia
    After Hitler's victory over France, most expected him to continue and invade Britain, however with their navy the option was out of the question. So he went for the next best option Russia as it had the resources to win to war eventually. The Russian amy first suffered the most from the constant blitzkrieg bombings,Germany seems ready to take over Russia,
  • Japanese Bomb the American Fleet of Pearl Harbor

    Japanese Bomb the American Fleet of Pearl Harbor
    Japan wanted to build a empire in the pacific, however America posed a threat towards their empire, so they bombed the naval base of Pearl harbor to cripple the enemy, however with that it did...it also made America join the war, starting World War II in the pacific
  • Japan loses the Battle of Midway

    Japan loses the Battle of Midway
    The battle of mid-way was the first loss Japan had tasted and was a critical loss, over a four day period with the preemtive intelligence gained, the Japanese lost many aircraft carriers and dealing permament damage to their navy, this was the allies way to claw back the pacific
  • Germany loses the battle of Stalingrad to the USSR

    Germany loses the battle of Stalingrad to the USSR
    The most central battle within the invasion of Russia, the Germans lost this battle brutally with the savage Russian retaliation that caused their blitzkreig strategy of bombing to be useless as both forces were only yards away giving the russians the edge, this lose was more effective than the D-Day landings as more Germans payed their lives for nothing.
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    America Forces push back the Japanese forces Island by Island

    After the victory of the battle of Midway, where allies own, Japan was crippled with the losses of four aircraft carriers, with this momentem, the allies pushed the once dominant Japan back to its own Islands
  • D-Day Landings in Normandy France

    D-Day Landings in Normandy France
    The allied liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany, 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. This would be the final push to Berline and Hitler to end the war.
  • Allies enter Berlin and Hitler commits Suicide

    Allies enter Berlin and Hitler commits Suicide
    After the loss of Russia and the invasion of Normandy with the D-Day landings with German army in constant, retreat, eventually the allies reach Berlin, in which Hitler in is bunker shot himself than accept the reality that he had lost, ending the war in Europe.
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima
    On that date, an american B-29 bomber plane dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb, after Japan's refusal of an armistice this changing the war itself along with war in the future.
  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Bombing of Nagasaki
    After no relatiation or response from the first bombing another B-29 was sent to bomb the city of Nagasaki, soon after Japan unconditionally surrendered with the threat of another bomb coming their way ending the war in the Pacific