World war 2

World war 2

By conbon99

  • Nazis invade Poland

    Nazis invade Poland
    The German army marches into Poland.

  • Declaration of war

    Declaration of war
    Due to the mutual assistance treaty Britain had signed with Poland, Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand all declare war on Germany.

  • Canada declare war on Germany

    Canada declare war on Germany
    The battle of the atlantic begins.

  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
    Soviet Union sends troops into Poland.

  • Nazi Euthanasia

    Nazi Euthanasia
    Hitler orders the widespred 'mercy killing" of the sick and disabled. This was the begining of the Nazi killing centers and death camps.

  • Nazis invade Norway and Denmark

    Nazis invade Norway and Denmark
    Germany moves troops into Scandanavia.

  • Nazi invasion

    Nazi invasion
    Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Winstion Churchill also becomes British Prime Minister.

  • Paris Bombing

    Paris Bombing
    Nazis drop bombs on Paris.

  • Norway surrenders

    Norway surrenders
    Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France.

  • HItler meets Mussolini

    Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munic; Soviets begin occupation of the Baltic States.

  • German U boats attack

    German U boats attack merchant ships in the atlantic ocean.

  • Battle of Britain begins

    The batle of Britain begins.

  • German offesnive

    Germany begins bombing airfields and factories in England.

  • Operation Sea lion

    Germany plans Operation Sea lion against Britain and commences blitzing British targets.

  • German air raids

    Germany carries out air raids on London, Liverpool, and Manchester.

  • Tripartite Pact

    Germany signs Axis pact with Italy and Japan.

  • Hungary joins the Axis powers

    Hungary joins the Axis powers.

  • Romainia joins the Axis powers

    Romainia joins the Axis powers.

  • North Africa falls to British and Australian forces

    Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians.

  • British forces advance

    British forces advanced into Italian Somaliland in East Africa.

  • First units of the German Afrika Korps

    First units of the German Afrika Korps arrive in North Africa.

  • British forces arrive

    Britsh forces arrive in Greece.

  • Nazis invade Greece

    Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.

  • Hitler declares war on The United States

    Hitler declares war on The United States.

  • Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis

    Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis.

  • Greece surrenders

    Greece surrenders to the Nazis.

  • Germans attack

    German attack on Tobruk is repusled.

  • Heavy German bombing

    Heavy German bombing of London; The British bomb Hamburg.

  • Operation Brevity begins

    Operation Brevity begins (The British counter-attack in Egypt)

  • Pro-Allied government

    Pro-Allied government installed in Iraq.

  • Allies invade

    Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.

  • Germany attacks Soviet Union

    Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins.

  • Nazis begin mass murder.

    Nazi SS-Einsatzgruppen begin mass murder.

  • Göring instructs Heydrich

    Göring instructs Heydrich to prepare for the Final Solution.

  • Nazis order Jews

    Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars.

  • First experimental use of gas chambers

    First experimental use of gas chambers in Auschwitz.

  • Nazis murder 33,771 Jews

    Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev.

  • Soviet army launches a counter attack

    Soviet army launches a major counter attack around Moscow.

  • Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree.

  • United States declare war

    United States and Britain declare war on Japan.

  • Hitler declares war

    Hitler declares war on the United States.

  • Hitler controls Germany

    Hitler takes complete control of Germany.

  • Declaration of the Untied States

    Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations.
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    Casablanca conference between Churchill and Roosevelt

    Casablanca conference between Churchill and Roosevelt. During the conference, Roosevelt announces the war can end only with "unconditional German surrender."

  • First American forces arrive in Britain

    First American forces arrive in Great Britain.
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    Japanese-Americans

    Japanese-Americans sent to relocation centers.

  • First thousand-Bomber

    First thousand-bomber British air raid (against Cologne).
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    Mass murder of Jews

    Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz.

  • Nazis liquidate Lidice in reprisal for Heydrich's assassination.

    Nazis liquidate Lidice in reprisal for Heydrich's assassination.

  • First deportations from the Warsaw

    First deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto to concentration camps; Treblinka extermination camp opened.

  • Hitler orders an execution

    Hitler orders the execution of all captured British commandos.

  • British Foreign Secretary Eden

    British Foreign Secretary Eden tells the British House of Commons of mass executions of Jews by Nazis; U.S. declares those crimes will be avenged.

  • Soviets begin an offensive

    Soviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad.

  • Montgomery's Eighth Army

    Montgomery's Eighth Army takes Tripoli.

  • First bombing raid by Americans

    First bombing raid by Americans on Germany (at Wilhelmshaven).

  • Germans surrender at Stalingrad

    Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies.
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    Battle of Atlantic climaxes

    Battle of Atlantic climaxes with 27 merchant ships sunk by German U-boats.
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    Axis forces in Tunisia

    Axis forces in Tunisia begin a withdrawal toward Enfidaville as American and British forces link.

  • Waffen-SS attacks

    Waffen-SS attacks Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto.

  • German and Italian troops surrender

    German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa.

  • Germans begin their last offensive

    Germans begin their last offensive against Kursk.

  • Allies bomb Rome

    Allies bomb Rome.

  • Leningrad relieved

    Leningrad relieved after a 900-day siege.

  • Soviet troops begin an offensive

    Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies.

  • British drop 3000 tons of bombs

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

  • Soviet troops begin an offensive

    Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea.
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    Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.

  • Soviet troops recapture Sevastopol.

    Soviet troops recapture Sevastopol.

  • Germans surrender

    Germans surrender in the Crimea.

  • Germans withdraw

    Germans withdraw to the Adolf Hitler Line.

  • Germans retreat

    Germans retreat from Anzio.

  • D-Day landing

    D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.

  • Nazis liquidate the town of Oradour-sur-Glane in France.

    600 people are massacred by German troops in the french town of Oradour-sur-Glane. While the men are shot immmediately, the woman and children are locked in a church the alter is set on fire those who tried to escape the flames are shot.

  • First German V-1 rocket

    First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain.

  • U.S. troops liberate

    U.S. troops liberate Cherbourg, France

  • 'Battle of the Hedgerows'

    'Battle of the Hedgerows' in Normandy; Soviets capture Minsk. The Russian city in Minsk is retaken by Russian troops, and 100,000 Germans are captured.

  • British and Canadian troops

    British and Canadian troops capture Caen, France.

  • Assassination attempt

    Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails.

  • Anne Frank and family arrested

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

  • Operation Dragoon begins

    Operation Dragoon begins (the Allied invasion of Southern France).

  • Liberation of Paris.

    Liberation of Paris.
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    Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, ETC liberated

    Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville, Antwerp and Brussels liberated by Allies.

  • Warsaw Uprising ends

    Warsaw Uprising ends as the Polish Home Army surrenders to the Germans.

  • Allies liberate Athens

    Allies liberate Athens; Rommel commits suicide.

  • Massive German surrender

    Massive German surrender at Aachen, Germany.

  • Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.

    Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.
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    Dresden is destroyed

    Dresden is destroyed by a firestorm after Allied bombing raids.
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    Allies discover stolen Nazi art

    Allies discover stolen Nazi art and wealth hidden in German salt mines.

  • Allies liberate Buchenwald

    Allies liberate Buchenwald and Belsen concentration camps; President Roosevelt dies. Harry Truman becomes President.

  • Soviet troops begin their final attack on Berlin

    Soviet troops begin their final attack on Berlin; Americans enter Nuremberg.

  • Mussolini is captured and hung

    Mussolini is captured and hung by Italian partisans; Allies take Venice.

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

    HItler marries his mistress Eva Braun he then poisions her and kills himself. The remains were never recoverd.

  • Unconditional surrender of all Germans

    Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies.

  • V-E Day

    Victory in Europe day.

  • Allies divide up Germany and Berlin

    Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government.

  • United Nations Charter is signed

    United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.

  • First atomic bomb dropped

    First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.

  • Second atomic bomb dropped

    Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Japanese agree to unconditional surrender

    Japanese agree to unconditional surrender.

  • Japanese sign the surrender agreement

    Japanese sign the surrender agreement; V-J (Victory over Japan) Day.

  • World war II is offically over

    World war II is offically over.