WW2 Timeline by Jason Salmeron

Non-Agression Pact - Aug 23, 1939

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Treaty between the USSR and Nazi Germany. It was a treaty to not engage in military action with each other

Attack on Pearl Harbor - Dec 7, 1941

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Japan surprise attack on America. This was so they can take more land without the US interfering

Poland Invaded - September 1, 1939

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Nazi Germany invaded Poland. This event officially started WW2

Dunkirk Evacuation - May 26, 1940

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An evacuation of around 338 thousand soldiers from the harbors and beaches of Dunkirk, France

Battle of Britain - July 10, 1940

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Britain’s Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm, and Royal Navy defended the UK from attacks by Nazi air force

Soviet Union Invaded - June 2, 1941

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Nazi Germany unexpectedly attacked the USSR. They made it to the outskirts of Moscow

German Surrender in Stalingrad - July 17, 1942

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A major battle in the Eastern Front where the 6th army of Germany became one of the first German armies to surrender. They surrendered due to lack of ammo and food

Allies Land in North America - Nov 8, 1942

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A compromise between Britain and the US. It allowed American forces to start fighting against Germany and Italy

D-Day - Jun 6, 1944

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A battle when the Allies landed on Normandy Beach and Germany protected it. This caused over 10 thousand deaths on the Allies side, and only 4-9 thousand German soldiers

Battle of the Bulge - Dec 16, 1944

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The last major German offensive campaign. It all played out on the Western Front

Hitler commits suicide - Apr 30, 1945

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Hitler killed himself in the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin. IT was after realizing he was going to lose the war

Germany Surrenders - May 8, 1945

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Germany surrenders after Hitler’s suicide and the fall of Berlin. First Axis country to surrender in the war

Japanese Internment Camps - Feb 19, 1942

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Camps in America where Japanese people were jailed under the pretense they were a danger to national security

Guadalcanal Campaign- Aug 7, 1942

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Allied forces fight against Japan in the Solomon Islands. The first Allied land force against Japan during WWII

Manhattan Project - Aug 13, 1942

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The research and development of the first nuclear weapons. Led to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Iwo Jima captured - Feb 19, 1945

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Battle between the US and Japan. US captured the island with its two airfields

Okinawa Captured - Apr 1, 1945

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Battle between the US and Japan. US tried to capture the airbase on Okinawa

Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - Month Day, Year

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The US response to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. First and only time an atomic bomb was used in warfare

Surrender of Japan - Sep 2, 1945

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Emperor Hirohito signed their surrender out of WWII in September. This officially ended WWII.