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World War II Timeline
Create an annotated timeline of the following events. That means you need to
briefly describe the event, keeping in mind why it is important, draw a picture or
symbol that goes with the event, and plot it on a timeline. Please make sure you
include the day, month and year of the event if it appears in the textbook, or is
one that is critical to the war, such as the bombing of Pearl Harbor and D-Day.
Also, keep the spacing on your timeline consistent with the events. Finally,
indicate in some way that the Holocaust is happening throughout the war. Your
timeline is due on _________________ and is worth 50 points.
Events: These are in order, but you will need to use your notes, notebook and
the book to find the dates if they are not provided.
1. Germany invades Poland
2. Britain and France declare war on Germany
3. Germany invades France
4. Nazis take Paris
5. Battle of Britain begins
6. Battle of Britain ends
7. Greece and Yugoslavia capitulate to Germany
8. Operation Barbarossa, invasion of USSR by Germany begins
9. Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
10. US declares war on Japan (Dec 8, 1941)
11. Final Solution is planned at Wansee Conference ( Jan 20 1942, although planning
it began in 1941)
12. Battle of Midway (June 4, 1942)
13. Attack on Stalingrad begins (Sept 13, 1942)
14. Battle at Stalingrad ends (Feb 2, 1943) - be sure to say why this is important!
15. SS begins liquidation of Warsaw ghetto (April 1943)
16. Mussolini overthrown (July 25 &26, 1943)
17. “Big Three” meet in Tehran to discuss surrender terms (Nov 1943)
18. Red Army breaks siege of Leningrad (Jan 27,1944)
19. Allies enter Rome (June 5, 1944)
20. D-Day
21. Paris liberated (Aug 25 1944)
22. German Army launches Battle of the Bulge (Dec 16, 1944, ends Jan 16)
23. Yalta Conference (Feb 4-11, 1945)
24. American forces liberate Manila, Phillipines (March 3, 1945)
25. Tokyo firebombed ( Mar 9, 1945)
26. Hitler commits suicide (April 30, 1945)
27. Victory in Europe day
28. Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
29. Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
30. Japanese surrender (Aug 14, 1945)- they sign the document on Sept 2,1945 on
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