Download WWII Timeline 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

WWII Timeline
1933
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1935
Germany begins conscription
Nuremberg Race Laws promulgated
Italy invades Ethiopia
1936
Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland
Spanish Civil War breaks out; Hitler & Mussolini aid Franco
Rome-Berlin “Axis” forms
1937
Stalin’s Purges begin
War erupts between Japan and China
1938
Anschluss of Austria
Kristallnacht
1939
German troops occupy Czechoslovakia
Spanish Civil War ends
Aug 23 – Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed
Sept 1 – German army invades Poland
Sept 3 – Britain & France declare war on Germany
Sept 14 – Soviet Union kicked out of League of Nations
1940
Mar 12 – Finland signs peace with Soviet Union
Apr 9 – Germany invades Denmark & Norway
May 10 – Germany invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg, & Netherlands
May 15 – Holland capitulates to Nazis
May 28 – Belgium capitulates to Nazis
June 10 – Norway capitulates to Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain & France
June 14 – Nazis take Paris
July 10 – Battle of Britain begins
July 23 – Red Army takes Latvia, Lithuania, & Estonia
Aug 3 – Italian army invades British Somaliland
Aug 25 – RAF mounts reprisal raid against Berlin
Sept 13 – Italian army attacks Egypt
1940
Sept 16 – Conscription introduced in US
Sept 27 – Tripartite alliance formed between Germany, Italy, and Japan
Nov 10-11 – RAF cripplies Italian fleet at Taranto
Nov 20 – Romania joins Axis
Dec 9-10 – British counter-attack against Italians in North Africa
1941
Jan 1 – British take Torbruk in North Africa
Feb 11 – British attack Italian Somaliland
Apr 6 – Germany invades Yugoslavia & Greece
Apr 17 – Greece capitulates to Nazis
May 15 – British counter-attack in Egypt
June 8 – British army invades Lebanon & Syria
June 22 – Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa
July 3 – Stalin launches ‘scorched earth’ policy
July 31 – Planning for ‘Final Solution’ begins
Aug 20 – Siege of Leningrad begins
Oct 17 – Hideki Tojo becomes PM of Japan
Dec 6 – Red Army launches major counter-offensive
Dec 7 – Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
Dec 8 – US & Britain declare war on Japan
Dec 11 – Germany declares war on US
Dec 16 – Rommel begins retreat in North Africa
1942
Jan 1 – Mass gassing of Jews at Auschwitz begins
Jan 20 – Wannsee Conference discusses Final Solution
Jan 21 – Rommel counter-attacks in North Africa
Apr 1 – Japanese relocation begins in US
May 30 – RAF launches first 1,000 bomber raid on Cologne, Germany
Japanese Navy defeated at Battle of Midway – turning point in the Pacific
Aug 7 – Battle of Guadalcanal begins
Sept 13 – German attack on Stalingrad begins
Nov 3 – Rommel’s Afrika Korps defeated by British at El Alamein
Nov 8 – Operation Torch begins
Nov 11 – Axis forces occupy Vichy France
1943
Jan 1-2 – German Army retreats from Caucasus
Jan 10 – Red Army begins siege of German-occupied Stalingrad
Jan 14-23 – FDR & Churchill meet at Casablanca, issue unconditional surrender demand
Jan 23 – British take Tripoli
Jan 27 – US Air Force begins daylight bombing campaign in Germany
Feb 2 – German Sixth Army surrenders at Stalingrad – turning point in Europe
Feb 3 – Afrika Korps withdraws from Tunisia
Feb 7 – Japanese forces evacuate Guadalcanal
Apr 19 – SS Begins liquidation of Warsaw Ghetto
May 13 – remaining Axis troops surrender in North Africa
May 16-17 – RAF targets German industry in Ruhr Valley
June 11 – Nazis order destruction of Polish ghettos
July 5 – Largest tank battle in history begins at Kursk
July 9-10 – Allied forces land in Sicily
July 25 – Mussolini & Fascists overthrown
Sept 8 – New Italian government announces surrender
Sept 11 – German Army occupies Italy
Sept 12 – German commandos rescue Mussolini
Sept 23 – Fascist government re-established in Italy
Oct 1 – Allies take Naples
Nov 28 – Big Three meet at Tehran
Dec 24-26 – Red Army begin offensive in Ukraine
1944
Jan 6 – Red army advances into Poland
Jan 27 – Red Army breaks 900-day siege at Leningrad
Apr 8 – Red Army begins offensive in Crimea
May 12 – German forces surrender Crimea
June 5 – Allies enter Rome
June 6 – D-Day invasion of Europe begins with Allied landings at Normandy
June 13 – Germans launch rockets against London
June 19 – Marianas Turkey Shoot destroys over 200 Japanese aircraft
July 20 – Hitler survives assassination attempt
Aug 1 – Polish Home Army begins revolt against Nazis in Warsaw
Aug 15 – Allies invade Southern France
Aug 19 – Soviet forces invade Romania
Aug 23 – Romania capitulates to Soviet Union
Aug 25 – Paris liberated
Sept 3 – Brussels liberated
Sept 13 – Americans reach Siegfried Line in western Germany
Oct 20 – Belgrade, Yugoslavia falls to Soviet Forces
Oct 23 – US Navy destroys remnants of Japanese Navy at Battle of Leyte Gulf
Dec 16 – Battle of the Bulge – German offensive begins
1945
Jan 9 – American forces invade Luzon, Philippines
Jan 16 – Battle of the Bulge ends with German defeat
Jan 17 – Red Army liberates Warsaw
Jan 19 – Full German retreat begins on Eastern Front
Jan 26 – Soviets liberate Auschwitz
Feb 4-11 – Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin meet at Yalta
Feb 13-14 – Firestorm rages in Dresden
Feb 19 – Americans land in Iwo Jima
Mar 3 – Americans liberate Manila, Philippines
Mar 9 – Tokyo firebombed
Mar 13 – Japanese resistance on Iwo Jima ends
Apr 1 – Americans encircle German forces in the Ruhr
FDR dies of a stroke & Truman becomes President
Apr 16 – Red Army launches Berlin offensive
Apr 18 – German forces at Ruhr capitulate
Apr 28 – Mussolini hanged
Apr 29 – Dachau liberated
Apr 30 – Hitler & Eva Braun commit suicide
May 2 – German force sin Italy surrender
May 7 – Unconditional surrender of all German forces
May 8 – Victory in Europe (VE) Day
June 5 – Allies divide Germany into occupation zones
June 26 – UN Charter signed
July 16 – first US atomic bomb tested in New Mexico
Potsdam Conference begins
Aug 6 – Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Aug 8 – Soviet Union declares war on Japan & invades Manchuria
Aug 9 – Second atomic bomb dropped at Nagasaki
Aug 14 – Unconditional surrender of Japanese forces
Aug 15 – Victory over Japan (VJ) Day
Sept 2 – Japanese delegation signs surrender aboard Missouri
Nov 20 – Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal Begins
1946
Jan 7 – UN meets for first time in London
Oct 16 – Goring commits suicide; 11 other war criminals hanged
DIRECTIONS: Take notes on the significant battles of WWII on these cards. When finished, cut out each and
staple or glue it nearest to where it falls on the timeline given.
Pacific Theater
Battle of Guadalcanal
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Battle of Philippine Sea
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Battle of Okinawa
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European Theater
Battle of Britain
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D-Day Invasion
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Battle of Berlin
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North African Campaign
Battle of Tobruk
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Battle of El Alamein
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