WWII Timeline Sept 1931 Japan invades Manchuria January
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WWII Timeline
Sept. 1931 • Japan invades Manchuria
January 30, 1933 • Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.
September 1, 1939 • Germany invades Poland.
June 1940 • Germany conquers France
July-October 1940 • Battle of Britain ▫ Air battles over England
December 7, 1941 • Attack on Pearl Harbor ▫ Japanese surprise attack on military installations. ▫ US enters WWII
April 1942 • Bataan Death March ▫ Forced 80 mile march; 3, 000 -10, 000 killed
June 1942 • Battle of Midway ▫ Naval battle; turning point of war against Japan ▫ America defeats Japan; 4 Japanese carriers sunk
August 1942 • Battle of Stalingrad ▫ Estimated 1. 25 million casualties
Aug. 1942 - Feb. 1943 • Battle of Guadalcanal ▫ The battle kept Australia from being cut off from America
October 1942 • Second Battle of El Alamein ▫ British/American Forces defeat Rommel and his German forces
January 1944 • Battle of Monte Cassino (Italy)
June 6, 1944 • D-Day; Operation Overlord ▫ Over 4, 000 casualties
July 1944 • Battle for Guam ▫ Recaptured American territory lost in 1941
September 1944 • Operation Market Garden �Plan to enter Germany through Holland; failed
October 1944 • Battle of Leyte Gulf ▫ Largest Naval battle of the War ▫ First use of kamikaze pilots
December 1944 • Battle of the Bulge ▫ Last German offensive; Americans surrounded but wouldn’t surrender.
February 1945 • Bombing of Dresden 22, 000 -25, 000 civilians killed
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
April 1945 -June 1945 • Battle of Okinawa ▫ Casualties Japan (77, 000 KIA), Allies (14, 000 KIA), Civilians (42, 000 -150, 000 killed) ▫ Last major battle vs. Japan
April 30, 1945 • Hitler commits suicide Marries Eva Braun; they both took cyanide capsule and he shot himself as Well.
May 8, 1945 • V-E Day
Aug 6 and Aug 9, 1945 • Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ▫ 80, 000 killed instantly in Hiroshima ▫ 70, 000 killed instantly in Nagasaki
September 2, 1945 • VJ Day ▫ WWII is over!