WW2 Timeline by Ian Boykins

1930s

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:27:30 UTC

Japan invades Manchuria, and China-U.S. responds with embargo

1938

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:28:12 UTC

Hitler takes Austria and Czechoslovakia (Munich Agreement - Chamberlain - Appeasement): Austria - 1938, Czechoslovakia - 1938

1939

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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact: 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact., known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The countries agreed that they would not attack each other and secretly divided the countries that lay between them. Germany claimed Western Poland and part of Lithuania.

1939

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:31:35 UTC

Germany and the Soviet Union invade Poland - Beginning of WWII: 1939 It was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union; which marked the beginning of World War II.

1940

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:35:23 UTC

Fall of France: 1940 , a remarkable German assault on north-west Europe, known as the Battle of France, resulted in the capture and subjugation of not only France but three other countries – Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium.

1940

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Miracle at Dunkirk: 1940 Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale.

1940

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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis forms: 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan thereby agreed to res‐ pective spheres of influence and the provision of mutual mi‐ litary, political and economic cooperation.

1940

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Battle of Britain (The Blitz): 1940 Germany's failure to defeat the RAF and secure control of the skies over southern England made invasion all but impossible. British victory in the Battle of Britain was decisive, but ultimately defensive in nature – in avoiding defeat, Britain secured one of its most significant victories of the Second World War.

1933

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:38:47 UTC

Holocaust: The Holocaust occurred throughout the 1933, with systematic persecution and extermination of Jews and other groups by the Nazis. Ended May 8, 1945

1941

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:39:44 UTC

Germany invades Russia (Soviet Union) for oil: June 1941 Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. It was the beginning of a campaign that would ultimately decide the Second World War. At first, the Germans enjoyed stunning success, the panzers forged ahead, while the Luftwaffe ruled the skies.

1941

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:40:27 UTC

Pearl Harbor ("A date that will live in infamy"): December 7, 1941 , a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed would “live in infamy,” the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise aerial assault on Pearl Harbor. This unprovoked attack brought the United States into World War II, as it immediately declared war on Japan.

1941-1942

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Japan invades Philippines/Indonesia: 1941-1942 Japan launched an attack on Commonwealth of the Philippines, ten hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor. The Philippines at this time was a semi-independent commonwealth government under the colonial rule of the United States of America.Oct

1942

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:41:51 UTC

Battle of Midway (Turning point battle in the Pacific): 1942 aircraft from Japanese carriers attacked and damaged the US base on Midway. The US Marine Corps force stationed on Midway endured devastating losses, but the facilities only suffered minor damage.

1943

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North African Battle - El Alamein (Germans are defeated): The Axis army of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army 1942

1942

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:44:00 UTC

Battle of Coral Sea: 1942: World War II naval and air engagement in which a U.S. fleet turned back a Japanese invasion force that had been heading for strategic Port Moresby in New Guinea.

1942-1943

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Battle of Stalingrad (Turning point battle in Europe): 1942-1943 Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.

1941

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:48:34 UTC

U.S. declares war on Japan, and Hitler honors his pact with Japan, declaring war on the U.S.: December 1941

1944

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:49:29 UTC

D-Day - Normandy, France (Begins liberation of France and Europe): brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history June 6, 1944

1945

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:51:43 UTC

U.S. wins battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa (Bases to attack Japan): 1945 The last major amphibious assault of World War II, the Battle for Okinawa, began on April 1, 1945, when U.S. soldiers and Marines landed under heavy naval gunfire and aircraft support. The campaign lasted 82 days, ending with Allied victory.

1945

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:52:03 UTC

V-E Day (Victory in Europe): celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe May 8, 1945

1945

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Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki: August 1945

1945

laquateusb — 2023-11-21 14:53:23 UTC

Japan surrenders - Formal surrender of Japan (V-J Day): August 15, 1945 It was the deployment of a new and terrible weapon, the atomic bomb, which forced the Japanese into a surrender that they had vowed never to accept. Japanese signed the official surrender aboard the USS Missouri.