Iwo jima

Timeline April 12, 2016

By luluhistory
  • Period: to

    Hitler toys with hopes and fears of Western deomcracies by invading and conquering Western territory

  • Period: to

    Radar is developed

  • Period: to

    A complete Enigma machine is smuggled into Great Britain

  • Japan begins expanding

    Japan begins expanding

  • General Douglas MacArthur receives a posting to the Phillipines

    General Douglas MacArthur receives a posting to the Phillipines

  • The Nuremburg laws are passed

    The Nuremburg laws are passed
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    United States Congress passes series of Neutrality Acts

  • Japanese troops invade China

    Japanese troops invade China

  • Herschel Grynszpan shoots a German diplomat living in Paris

    Herschel Grynszpan shoots a German diplomat living in Paris

  • Kristallnacht takes place

    Kristallnacht takes place

  • Warsaw has a population of around 1.3 Million

    Warsaw has a population of around 1.3 Million

  • Germany surprise attacks Poland

    Germany surprise attacks Poland

  • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany

    France and Great Britain declare war on Germany

  • President Roosevelt asks the Congress to allow Allies to buy American arms

    President Roosevelt asks the Congress to allow Allies to buy American arms

  • German invades Poland causing Britain and France to declare war on German

    German invades Poland causing Britain and France to declare war on German

  • Stalin sends troops to occupy the eastern half of Poland

    Stalin sends troops to occupy the eastern half of Poland

  • Many, but not all, German Jews have fled to other countries

    Many, but not all, German Jews have fled to other countries

  • Stalin forces the Finns to accept his surrender terms

    Stalin forces the Finns to accept his surrender terms

  • Hitler launches surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway

    Hitler launches surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway

  • Hitler begins dramatic sweep through Europe, leading to the invasion of France

    Hitler begins dramatic sweep through Europe, leading to the invasion of France
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    Ameuter British armada sails back and forth between Britain and Dunkirk with battle-weary soldiers

  • France surrenders to Germany

    France surrenders to Germany

  • Battle of Britain begins

    Battle of Britain begins

  • Germans have taken Paris

    Germans have taken Paris

  • France leaders surrender to Germans

    France leaders surrender to Germans

  • Hitler begins planning to attack the USSR

    Hitler begins planning to attack the USSR

  • Benito Mussolini invades North Africa

    Benito Mussolini invades North Africa

  • Anericans cracked a code that the Japanese sent as a secret message

    Anericans cracked a code that the Japanese sent as a secret message

  • Hitler, through the threat of force, has persuaded Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary to join the Axis of Powers

    Hitler, through the threat of force, has persuaded Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary to join the Axis of Powers

  • The Lend Lease act is passed

    The Lend Lease act is passed

  • The islands of the Phillipines fall

    The islands of the Phillipines fall

  • Any and all Jews in German-controlled areas are required to wear a Star of David patch

    Any and all Jews in German-controlled areas are required to wear a Star of David patch

  • HItler invades Yugoslavia and Greece

    HItler invades Yugoslavia and Greece

  • The battle of Britain ends

    The battle of Britain ends

  • Germans invade Soviet Union

    Germans invade Soviet Union

  • HItler invades the Soviet Union

    HItler invades the Soviet Union

  • US Navy is escorting British ships carrying US arms

    US Navy is escorting British ships carrying US arms

  • President Roosevelt cuts off all oil shipments to Japan

    President Roosevelt cuts off all oil shipments to Japan

  • A German U boat fires on a US Destroyer in the Atlantic

    A German U boat fires on a US Destroyer in the Atlantic

  • Hitler puts Leningrad under siege

    Hitler puts Leningrad under siege

  • Nazi drive on Moscow begins

    Nazi drive on Moscow begins

  • Germans stall in MOscow and Leningrad

    Germans stall in MOscow and Leningrad

  • Leningrad is cut off from the rest of the Soviet Union

    Leningrad is cut off from the rest of the Soviet Union
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    Winter of 41-42: Nearly one million people die in the city of Leningrad

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor..."a day that would live in infamy"

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor..."a day that would live in infamy"

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

  • Germans have advanced to the outskirts of Moscow

    Germans have advanced to the outskirts of Moscow

  • Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt meet the White House to develop a joint war policy

    Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt meet the White House to develop a joint war policy

  • Japanese march into the Phillipine capital of Manila

    Japanese march into the Phillipine capital of Manila

  • Japanese have reached Singapore

    Japanese have reached Singapore

  • President Roosevelt issues an executive order to have Japanese Americans in internment, as they were seen as a threeat

    President Roosevelt issues an executive order to have Japanese Americans in internment, as they were seen as a threeat

  • Bombers bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities

    Bombers bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities

  • Hitler begins the execution of his "Final Solution"

    Hitler begins the execution of his "Final Solution"

  • An American fleet, with Australian support, intercepted a Japanese strike force headed for Port Moresby in New Guinea

    An American fleet, with Australian support, intercepted a Japanese strike force headed for Port Moresby in New Guinea

  • General MacArthur is ordered to leave the Phillipines before their suurender

    General MacArthur is ordered to leave the Phillipines before their suurender

  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

  • General Erwin Rommel takes Libyan port city of Tobruk

    General Erwin Rommel takes Libyan port city of Tobruk

  • Allies defeat Japan in the Battle of Midway

    Allies defeat Japan in the Battle of Midway

  • Hitler sends in his Sixth Army to capture Stalingrad and the oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains

    Hitler sends in his Sixth Army to capture Stalingrad and the oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains

  • Several marines, with Australian support, landed on Guadalcanal and the neighboring island of Tulagi

    Several marines, with Australian support, landed on Guadalcanal and the neighboring island of Tulagi

  • The Battle of Stalingrad begins

    The Battle of Stalingrad begins

  • The Battle of El Alamein begins

    The Battle of El Alamein begins

  • General Rommel is forced to retreat by the British in the Battle of El Alamein

    General Rommel is forced to retreat by the British in the Battle of El Alamein

  • Allied force of around 100,000 troops, led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, landed in Morocco and Algeria

    Allied force of around 100,000 troops, led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, landed in Morocco and Algeria

  • Allies begin to turn the tide of the war in their favor

    Allies begin to turn the tide of the war in their favor

  • The Germans control 90% of Stalingrad

    The Germans control 90% of Stalingrad

  • Allies invade North Africa

    Allies invade North Africa

  • Soviet troops surround Stalingrad

    Soviet troops surround Stalingrad
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    Allies begin to secretly build an invasion force in Great Britain

  • The 90,000 surviving German soldiers surrender to the Soviets

    The 90,000 surviving German soldiers surrender to the Soviets

  • The Battle of Guadalcancal ends

    The Battle of Guadalcancal ends

  • German troops quit holding against the Soviets

    German troops quit holding against the Soviets

  • General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps is destroyed

    General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps is destroyed

  • Allied forces land on Sicily

    Allied forces land on Sicily

  • King Victor Emmanuel III has Mussolini arrested

    King Victor Emmanuel III has Mussolini arrested

  • Allied forces take Sicily from Italian and German troops

    Allied forces take Sicily from Italian and German troops

  • Italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders

  • There is a Jewish uprising in Sobibor

    There is a Jewish uprising in Sobibor

  • Dwight D. Einsenhower is appointed supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe

    Dwight D. Einsenhower is appointed supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe

  • D-Day invasion force is ready

    D-Day invasion force is ready

  • The allies march into Rome victorious

    The allies march into Rome victorious

  • Known as D-Day. The day the allied invasion force invaded Normandy

    Known as D-Day. The day the allied invasion force invaded Normandy

  • Allies punch a hole through German defenses

    Allies punch a hole through German defenses

  • Allies are closing in on Japan

    Allies are closing in on Japan

  • The Allies have liberated France, Belgium and Luxembourg

    The Allies have liberated France, Belgium and Luxembourg

  • Allied forces land on the island of Leyte in the Phillipines

    Allied forces land on the island of Leyte in the Phillipines

  • Almost the entire Japanese fleet is sent to fight in the Battle of Leyte Gulf

    Almost the entire Japanese fleet is sent to fight in the Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • Prisoners at Auschwitz revolt

    Prisoners at Auschwitz revolt

  • German tanks break through weak American defenses along 75 mile front in the Ardennes

    German tanks break through weak American defenses along 75 mile front in the Ardennes

  • Only 153,000 people in Warsaw remain after Soviet Union invasion

    Only 153,000 people in Warsaw remain after Soviet Union invasion

  • Ella Gartner and Roza Robota are executed for assisting in Auschwitz revolt

    Ella Gartner and Roza Robota are executed for assisting in Auschwitz revolt

  • The Allies cross the Rhine River into Germany

    The Allies cross the Rhine River into Germany

  • American Marines take the island of Iwo Jima

    American Marines take the island of Iwo Jima

  • US Troops move onto the island of Okinawa

    US Troops move onto the island of Okinawa

  • Allied forces surround Berlin

    Allied forces surround Berlin

  • President Roosevelt dies suddenly as Allied forces are heading into Berlin

    President Roosevelt dies suddenly as Allied forces are heading into Berlin
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    The Nuremburg Trials

  • Soviets have surrounded Berlin and are destroying the city with artillery fire

    Soviets have surrounded Berlin and are destroying the city with artillery fire

  • Italian resistance fighters ambush German trucks near the northern Italian city of Milan

    Italian resistance fighters ambush German trucks near the northern Italian city of Milan

  • Mussolini is shot and his body is hung in downtown Milan so everyone can see

    Mussolini is shot and his body is hung in downtown Milan so everyone can see

  • Hitler marries his long time campanion, Eva Braun

    Hitler marries his long time campanion, Eva Braun

  • Hitler and his wife take their lives

    Hitler and his wife take their lives

  • General Eisenhower accepts the unconditional surrender of the 3rd Reich from the German military

    General Eisenhower accepts the unconditional surrender of the 3rd Reich from the German military

  • The surrender is officially signed in Berlin

    The surrender is officially signed in Berlin

  • Fighting with Germany in Rome ends

    Fighting with Germany in Rome ends

  • One of the bloodiest battles of WW II ends

    One of the bloodiest battles of WW II ends

  • 1st Atomic Bomb is exploded in New Mexico (for a test)

    1st Atomic Bomb is exploded in New Mexico (for a test)

  • B 29 bomber, Enola Gay takes off Tinian Island in the Mariana Islands

    B 29 bomber, Enola Gay takes off Tinian Island in the Mariana Islands

  • The US drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima

    The US drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima

  • Another atomic bomb is dropped on the city of Nagasaki

    Another atomic bomb is dropped on the city of Nagasaki
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    Allies use atomic bombs and Japan surrenders

  • The Japanese finally surrender to General MacArthur

    The Japanese finally surrender to General MacArthur

  • General MacArthur and other American advisors draw up a constitution for Japan

    General MacArthur and other American advisors draw up a constitution for Japan

  • 10 Nazi leaders are hanged

    10 Nazi leaders are hanged

  • The new Japanese constitution is put into effect

    The new Japanese constitution is put into effect

  • The US and 47 other countries sign a formal peace treaty with Japan

    The US and 47 other countries sign a formal peace treaty with Japan

  • US occupation in Japan is over

    US occupation in Japan is over
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    War crimes are committed in Balkan Conflicts

  • The UN establishes the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

    The UN establishes the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

  • The ICTY issues its 1st indictment

    The ICTY issues its 1st indictment

  • The ICTY starts trial proceedings

    The ICTY starts trial proceedings

  • Slovodan Milosevic is found dead in his prison cell

    Slovodan Milosevic is found dead in his prison cell

  • Mid-2007: 161 defendents have been convicted

    Mid-2007: 161 defendents have been convicted

  • There is a Jewish uprising in Treblinka

    There is a Jewish uprising in Treblinka

  • Hitler demands that Germany be given the Polish corridor

    Hitler demands that Germany be given the Polish corridor