1. WWII Timeline

2. Sept. 1931
Japan invades Manchuria

3. January 30, 1933
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.

4. September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland.

5. June 1940
Germany conquers France

6. July-October 1940
Battle of Britain
Air battles over England

7. December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese surprise attack on military installations.
US enters WWII

8. April 1942 Bataan Death March
Forced 80 mile march; 3,000-10,000 killed

9. June 1942
Battle of Midway
Naval battle; turning point of war against Japan
America defeats Japan; 4 Japanese carriers sunk

10. August 1942
Battle of Stalingrad
Estimated 1.25
million casualties

11. Aug. 1942- Feb. 1943 Battle of Guadalcanal
The battle kept Australia from being cut off from America

12. October 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein
British/American Forces defeat Rommel and his German forces

13. January 1944
Battle of Monte Cassino (Italy)

14. June 6, 1944
D-Day; Operation Overlord
Over 4,000 casualties

15. July 1944
Battle for Guam
Recaptured American territory lost in 1941

16. September 1944 Operation Market Garden Plan to enter Germany through
Holland; failed

17. October 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Largest Naval battle of the War
First use of kamikaze pilots

18. December 1944 Battle of the Bulge Last German offensive;
Americans surrounded but
wouldn’t surrender.

19. February 1945
Bombing of Dresden 22,000-25,000 civilians killed

20. Feb. 1945- March 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima 6800 Americans Killed
216 Japanese survived out
of 22,000 soldiers
Flag raising is the iconic image of WWII

21. April 1945-June 1945 Battle of Okinawa
Casualties Japan (77,000 KIA), Allies (14,000 KIA), Civilians (42, ,000 killed)
Last major battle vs. Japan

22. April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide Marries Eva Braun; they
both took cyanide capsule
and he shot himself as
Well.

23. May 8, 1945
V-E Day

24. Aug 6 and Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
80,000 killed instantly in Hiroshima
70,000 killed instantly in Nagasaki

25. September 2, 1945
VJ Day
WWII is over!