Germany invades
-Germany invades Russia. Hitler              Germany
                                                                         France, Holland,
 Hitler                             WWII Timeline                                                          orders "maximum cruelty" against             suffers a major                -Allies continue Advancing
                                                                         Belgium, Luxemburg.
                                                                                                           civilians                                    defeat at                      from all directions.
 Becomes the                        - Bhawan Panesar                     Winston Churchill
                                                                                                           -German Armies almost capture                Stalingrad                     -Captured countries are
 Fűhrer of                                                               becomes Britain's
                                                                                                           Moscow when Hitler orders them                                              liberated.
 Germany                                                                 prime minister.                                                                    Feb 2, 1943
                                                                                                           to stop and capture Ukraine (due                                            -V2 missile attacks on Allies
                                                                         British and French
                                                                                                           to its natural resources).                           Mussolini is           stop.
                                                                         forces at Dunkirk start
                                 Munich Agreement is signed by                                             - Hitler orders to resume the                        arrested and           - President Roosevelt dies.
                                                                         evacuation.
                                 the major powers of Europe to                                             advance to Moscow, in order to                       replaced, Italy        - The Russians begin final
                                 appease Hitler, permitting Nazi                                           take it "in the limited time before                  surrenders.            advance to Berlin
                                 Germany to annex                                                          winter" but fails and is pushed                                             - Mussolini is executed by
                                 Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.                                             back due to extreme cold and                                                the Italian resistance
 August 2, 1934
                                                                                                           Russian Counter Attacks                                                     - Adolf Hitler commits
                                                  Sept 30, 1938
                                                                                                                                                                                       suicide in his bunker in
                  Germany violates the                                                                                                                                                 Berlin(April, 30). He appoints
                  treaty of Versailles and                                     May, 1940                                                                                               Admiral Doenitz as his
                  Captures Rhineland.                                                                                                                               1943
                                                                                                                              OPERATION BARBAROSSA                                     successor.
                                                                                                                                                                                       - Germany Surrenders
                            March 7, 1936                                                                                     June 22 - Dec 6, 1941
1934                                                                            1940                                                                                                                            1945
                                                                            France Surrenders Jun 22
                                                                            Battle Of Britain Begins
                                                                                                                - Japan
                                                                            -The Luftwaffe begins to                                       -American troops arrive                            - US tests the atomic
                                                                                                                Attacks                    Britain --> American
                                      Dec, 1936
                                                                            bomb British early                                                                                                bomb in New Mexico.
                                                                                                                Pearl Harbor               naval victory at Battle of
                                                                            warning radars                                                                                                     - Hiroshima is
                                                                                                                -U.S joins                 Midway, in June, marks
                                                                            -British night bombers                                                                                            destroyed by an atomic
                                                                                                                the War                    turning point in the War
                                                                            bomb Berlin                                                    -Mass murder of Jewish                             bomb
                                                                                                                                           people at Auschwitz                                 - Nagasaki is destroyed
                                                                                                                Dec 7, 1941                begins.                                            by an atomic bomb
                                                                                                                                           - Russians begin counter                           - Japan surrenders.
                              It is made mandatory
                                                                                                                                           flanking --> Germany                               World War 2 finally
                              for all males between                                                                                        suffers setbacks.                                  ends.
                              the ages 10-18 to join
                              the Hitler Youth                              - Hitler Cancels Invasion of                                      1942
                                                                            Britain
          Italy invades Ethiopia                                            - British carrier aircraft                        -Allied forces from both sides start advancing.
                                                                            sink Italian fleet in                             -Allies bomb Germany's key resources.
          Oct, 1935                                                         Taranto's harbor
                                                                                                   June - Nov, 1940           -Allies liberate France
                                                        Sept 1-3, 1939                                                        - D-Day
    Sept, 1934                                                                                                                - Allied fighters achieve air superiority over Germany                 July - Aug 14, 1945
                                                       Germany invades Poland (Blitzkrieg).
                                                                                                                               - Finland and Bulgaria surrenders to the Russians
  The Soviet Union joins                               Britain and France declare war on
                                                                                                                              -B19s bomb Tokyo
  the League of Nations.                               Germany two days later
                                                                                                                              -German V1 (Jun) and V2(Sept) missiles attack Britain.
                                                                                   Start Of the WAR
                                                                                                                                                                                       1944