This world war ii timeline activity is an awesome way for students to visually see the events of world war ii in order. Yalta conference meeting of fdr, churchill, stalin the big three soviet union has control of eastern europe. Causes of world war i world war i occurred between july 1914 and november 11, 1918. This assesses students on the history of the ww2 as well as timeline analysis.
Timeline of world war ii 1944 timeline of world war ii 19451991 timeline of the surrender of axis forces at the end of world war ii 1945 wars, campaigns, and battles. American commodore matthew perry arrived in tokyo harbor and forced the japanese to. World war i timeline a printable for your classroom. Tommy jess talks us through the sinking of his ship and his rescue. A comprehensive world war 2 history guide with facts and information on one of the most important events in british history. It is a followup to his previous book, the zombie survival guide. For other timelines of specific events in the war, we recommend a timeline of dday, and a timeline of the emergence of nazi germany. Potsdam conference truman stalin and british divide up europe us and ussr occupy korea south and north of the 38 th parallel french return to vietnam 1946 winston churchill delivers iron curtain speech. It starts on august 23,1939 with the nonaggression pact and ends on august 9, 1945 with the second bombing of japan on the city nagasaki. Timeline for world war ii japan page 1 of 8 timeline for world war ii japan pre1920. World war ii my time span centers around world war ii. The main combatants were the axis powers germany, italy, and japan and the allies france, great britain, the united states, the soviet union, and china. Churchill takes over germans cross french frontier may 26june 3 10 dunkerque evacuation.
June 28, 1914 austrian archduke franz ferdinand and his wife sophia are killed by serbian nationalists. The path to world war ii timeline huntincludes 16 events beginning with the japanese invasion of manchuria in 1931 through the declaration of war against germany by great britain and france in 1939. Causes of world war one while world war one was started over a single issue an assassination in a remote part of europe the causes for the war had. Many allied lives are lost, and there are many prisoners of war. France and great britain declared war on germany on september 3. World war i timeline assassination of archduke ferdinand 28th june, 1914 great britain declares war on germany 4th august, 1914 lord kitchener calls for 100,000 men to join british army 7th august, 1914 first german aircraft shot down by allied plane 5th october, 1914. Australian curriculum 5 world war i 19141918 wars generally. Even worse, the soviets were outperformed, suffering over 126,000 casualties against the much smaller army. World war ii timeline takes your students to europe from 1935 to 1946. Students analyze the timeline and complete a twenty question common core aligned worksheet. Although a naval arms race between britain and germany had been one of the causes of world war i, the clash of the battleships is largely indecisive. Japan changes the name of manchuria to manchukuo 1932 germany invades poland 1939 battle of the bulge 1944 germany hosts the winter and summer olympic games 1936 adolf hitler becomes chancellor of germany 1933 bataan death march 1942 battle of britain 1940 franklin roosevelts quarantine speech 1937 kristallnacht pogrom in germany 1938 japan invades manchuria 1931 unbreakable. Here is a timeline listing some of the major events. First world war timeline resources for history teachers.
Great britain declares war on germany believing like many of the allies that it would over by christmas. Germany invades poland, initiating world war ii in europe. World war one causes 1878 1914 posted on 19072016 05032020 by h y wheeler this timeline details world war one causes including long term, short term and trigger events. Print out the pdf and cut out the photographs, captions and dates. Community history now brent museum for an exhibition on the first. Because of the help given by turkey to the german attack of russia, russia declared war on turkey. Austriahungary declares war on serbia, beginning world war i. World war one timeline project use the information on the following pages to create an illustrated timeline of world war i.
Hitler went ahead with his plans to unify all germanspeaking people. World opinion was largely in favor of finland, as it was seen as a malicious invasion on the part of the ussr. Poland fell some time before those nations could make any military response. October 2, 1935may 1936 fascist italy invades, conquers, and annexes ethiopia. This work appeared in english in 1883 under the title an epitome of ancient, medieval and modern history. The following vietnam war timeline is a guide to the complex political and military issues involved in a war that would ultimately claim millions of lives. Timeline 1914 1921 a world at war articles and essays stars. World war 2 timeline chronological timeline of ww2. King philips war bacons rebellion 1681 pennsylvania founded by william penn, a quaker.
Timeline of the second world war september 18, 1931 japan invades manchuria. Each event needs a date, written description, and colored illustration. By the end of the war, over 17 million people would be killed including over 100,000 american troops. A number of small cities, centres of the world s first civilisation, appeared in sumer, the lower part of the tigriseuphrates valley present iraq.
Timeline of the invasion of poland 1939 timeline of the battle of france 19391940. Through a series of oral interviews, brooks, as an agent of the united nations. Britain and france, russias allies, declared war on turkey, because of the help given to the german attack on russia. Officially beginning on september 1, 1939, when germany invaded poland, world war ii lasted until both the germans and the japanese had surrendered to the allies in 1945. His nazi party, or the third reich, takes power and hitler is essentially the dictator of. World war ii, 19391945 community unit school district 200. The destruction of the soviet union by military force, the permanent elimination of the perceived communist threat to germany, and the seizure of prime land within soviet borders for longterm german settlement had been a core policy of the nazi movement since the 1920s. Archduke franz ferdinand and his wife sophie, the night before their 14th wedding anniversary, are killed in bosnia and as a result austriahungary declare war on serbia. This timeline was originally produced by the then grange museum of. Students will cut and paste pages together and fill out the timeline using their own resources. World war ii, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 193945. Leading up to the war 1933 january 30 adolf hitler becomes chancellor of germany. Russia, an ally of serbia, prepares to enter the war.
This is a summary of the events of world war one in chronological order. He annexed austria then demanded the liberation of german people in the sudetenland region of. D d a t o timeline of major world war ii events in the. This documentary commemorates the battle of britain, paying tribute to those who ended nazi intentions of gaining control of the british skies. The cease fire was called on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918 and the fighting of world war one came to an unofficial close. It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in history. Creating a wwii photo timeline specifically about one topic, i. World war ii world war 2 timeline activity by history. Cold war timeline 1945 yalta conference world war ii ends in europe u. The reason why war erupted is actually much more complicated than a simple list of causes. World war ii 19391945 timeline timetoast timelines. World war i timeline lincoln park high school library.
Ap us history timeline created by 20042005 fifth period ap us history class sophie barron editor matt bird. Timeline of the second world war the united nations. The british and german fleets meet 60 miles off the coast of jutland, denmark, in the war s only major encounter between the world s two largest sea powers. World war ii although world war i had been called the war to end all wars, only 20 years after it ended the world was again plunged into war.
Austrian archduke franz ferdinand and his wife sophia are killed by. It has been color coded by theatresfronts to provide a clearer understanding of what events were happening in what places during world war. Japan invades the dutch east indies which later became indonesia. Your timeline must include at least 3 key events from each year of the war 19141918. Timeline of major world war ii events in the netherlands january 10, 1942 germanys ally.
Royal navy abcs bow the front end of a ship upper deck the top of the ship which people walk on hatches the covering of an opening on the deck of a ship. Triple alliance 1882 timeline with revision image sketch d m year my ordered timeline 20 may 1882 the triple alliance signed 31 aug 1907 the triple entente signed 28 june 1914 assassination of archduke ferdinand. They took jobs in defense plants and volunteered for war related organizations, in addition to managing their households, according to the world war ii. The failure of democracy and return of war student resource. World war z is a novel by max brooks which chronicles the fictional world war z or zombie world war. World war ii wwii was a long and bloody war that lasted about six years.