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World War ll timeline

By lukas_stiff
  • Great Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany
    Sep 3, 1339

    Great Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany

    The start of the Allies signed to go to war with Germany.
  • the invasion of Poland

    the invasion of Poland

    This invasion by the Germans started World War 2
  • The invasion of Belgium

    The invasion of Belgium

    Germany invaded Belgium
  • The battle of Dunkirk

    The battle of Dunkirk

    Allies evacuated troops from 5 different beaches
  • The battle of Britain

    The battle of Britain

    Large scale overnight bombing
  • Selective service

    Selective service

    The draft of WWll
  • Lend-Lease assistance act

    Lend-Lease assistance act

    authorized President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sell, transfer, lend, or lease war materials
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japan surprise attacked Pearl Harbor
  • America enters WWll

    America enters WWll

    American joins the war
  • Germany and Italy declare war on USA

    Germany and Italy declare war on USA

    Germany and America and now at war
  • The battle of the Coral sea

    The battle of the Coral sea

    Major naval battle in WWll
  • The battle of Midway

    The battle of Midway

    Major naval battle
  • The invasion of North Africa

    The invasion of North Africa

    Germany invaded Africa
  • The invasion of Sicily & Italy

    The invasion of Sicily & Italy

    The Allies invaded Sicily and Italy
  • D-Day of France

    D-Day of France

    USA Invaded France
  • Nazi concentration camps discovered

    Nazi concentration camps discovered

    The Allies found out about the concentration camps
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge

    a surprise German attack through the Ardennes Forest aimed at splitting Allied lines and reaching Antwerp
  • The Yalta conference

    The Yalta conference

    Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan
  • V-E day

    V-E day

    Following Hitler’s suicide on April 30, 1945, German forces surrendered on May 7 in Reims, France
  • The atomic bombing of Hiroshima

    The atomic bombing of Hiroshima

    The USA dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan
  • The atomic bombing of Nagasaki

    The atomic bombing of Nagasaki

    The USA dropped another atomic bomb on Japan
  • V-J day

    V-J day

    The day USA secured the victory over Japan