WWII Timeline by ~ Brendon Lam ~

September 25, 1944

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2021-01-25 18:14:03 UTC

The Germans Need Help! All male Germans 16-60 years of age called to join the Nazi Army.

February 2, 1943

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2021-01-25 18:17:42 UTC

The last German soldier in Stalingrad surrenders. The United States Army Air Force joins with the RAF in bombing Nazi Germany.

April 30, 1945

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2021-01-25 18:22:12 UTC

Hitler commits suicide.

July 21, 1940

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2021-01-25 18:24:28 UTC

At the Army High Command conference, Hitler announces that Germany must prepare to invade Russia.

March 23, 1933

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2021-01-25 18:26:46 UTC

The Enabling Act - allows Hitler to be independent of the presidential power. (TOO MUCH POWER)

October 25, 1936

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 16:58:59 UTC

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.

November 25, 1936

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 16:59:45 UTC

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia.

July 7, 1937

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:00:12 UTC

Japan invades China.

March 12, 1938

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:01:17 UTC

Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany. This is also called the Anschluss.

September 1, 1939

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:02:03 UTC

Germany invades Poland.

World War II Begins

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:02:11 UTC

Leading up to the War

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:02:24 UTC

September 3, 1939

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:04:46 UTC

France and Great Britain declare war on Germany

April 9 - June 9, 1940

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:05:52 UTC

Germany Invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.

May 10 - June 22, 1940

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:07:06 UTC

Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.

May 30, 1940

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:09:16 UTC

Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

June 10, 1940

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:25:58 UTC

Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.

July 10, 1940

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:27:23 UTC

Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.

September 22, 1940

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:28:47 UTC

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.

June 22, 1941

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:29:41 UTC

Germany and the Axis Powers attacked Russia with a huge force of over four million troops.

December 7, 1941

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:31:06 UTC

The Japanese attacked the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

June 4, 1942

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:31:35 UTC

The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.

July 10, 1943

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:31:49 UTC

The Allies invade and take the Island of Sicily.

September 3, 1943

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:33:36 UTC

Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern italy.

June 6, 1944

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:34:09 UTC

D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans

August 25, 1944

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:34:32 UTC

Paris is liberated from German control.

December 16, 1944

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:35:57 UTC

The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.

February 19, 1945

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:36:36 UTC

US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island.

March 22, 1945

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:37:05 UTC

The US Third Army under General Patton crosses the Rhine River.

May 7, 1945

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:37:29 UTC

Germany surrenders to the Allies

August 6, 1945

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:38:05 UTC

The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.

August 9, 1945

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:38:45 UTC

Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

September 2, 1945

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:39:28 UTC

Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.

World War II Ends

QACHS_Brendon_Lam — 2023-12-07 17:39:52 UTC