WWII padlet timeline by Evan LaRochelle https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy Evan LaRochelle en-us 2021-09-23 14:55:19 UTC 2025-10-07 04:38:22 UTC hello@padlet.com November 11, 1918 larochellee https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763279950 Britain, France, and the US, and other allies destroyed Germany, bringing an end to World War I, billed as “the war to end all wars.”

]]> 2021-09-23 15:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763279950 January 30, 1933 larochellee https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763285309 Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany and assumes dictatorial powers. German rearmament takes off.

]]> 2021-09-23 15:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763285309 September 1, 1939 larochellee https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763289450 Germany comes into Poland, inciting Poland’s allies Britain and France to announce war on Germany.


]]> 2021-09-23 15:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763289450 September 17, 1939 larochellee https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763294726 Working in concert with Hitler, Joseph Stalin orders the invasion of Poland, getting a share of Polish territory.


]]> 2021-09-23 15:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763294726 September 27, 1939 larochellee https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763318172 Warsaw gives up to German troops. Poland holds out for 9 days before capitulating.



]]> 2021-09-23 15:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763318172 December 13, 1939 larochellee https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763324614 British cruisers destroys a German pocket battleship at the Battle of the River Plate, the first ever big naval engagement of WWII.


]]> 2021-09-23 15:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763324614 April 8, 1940 larochellee https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763334767 Germany invades Norway, ending a 6-month period of limited land operations called the “Phony War.”


]]> 2021-09-23 15:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/larochellee/zmxsq91h7zdetesy/wish/1763334767