T I M E L I N E
before the war
January 30 1933 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. The Nazis take power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.
October 25 1936 - Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.
November 25 1936 - Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact.
July 7 1937 - Japan invades China.
March 12 1938 - Hitler appropriates of Austria.
October 25 1936 - Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.
November 25 1936 - Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact.
July 7 1937 - Japan invades China.
March 12 1938 - Hitler appropriates of Austria.
during the war
September 1 1939 - Germany invades Poland. World War begins.
September 3 1939 - France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
April 9 to June 9 1940 - Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
May 30 1940 - Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.
June 10 1940 - Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.
July 10 1940 - Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.
September 22 1940 - Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
June 22 1941 - Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops.
December 7 1941 - The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
July 10 1942 - The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily.
September 3 1943 - Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.
June 6 1944 - D-day and the Normandy invasion; Allies invade France and push back the Germans.
August 25 1944 - Paris is liberated from German control.
December 16 1944 - The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
April 30 1945 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
May 7 1945 - Germany surrenders to the Allies.
August 6 1945 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
August 9 1945 - Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
September 2 1945 - Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.
September 3 1939 - France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
April 9 to June 9 1940 - Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
May 30 1940 - Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.
June 10 1940 - Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.
July 10 1940 - Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.
September 22 1940 - Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
June 22 1941 - Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops.
December 7 1941 - The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
July 10 1942 - The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily.
September 3 1943 - Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.
June 6 1944 - D-day and the Normandy invasion; Allies invade France and push back the Germans.
August 25 1944 - Paris is liberated from German control.
December 16 1944 - The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
April 30 1945 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
May 7 1945 - Germany surrenders to the Allies.
August 6 1945 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
August 9 1945 - Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
September 2 1945 - Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.