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World War II

A comprehensive weekly timeline of the Second World War — from the rise of fascism through global conflict, the Holocaust, and the dawn of the atomic age.

12 years

624 blocks

30 events

8 stages

1 block = 1 week · 1 row = 52 weeks12y · 624 blocks

1935

1940

1945

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30 events · 8 stages

Pre-war escalation

4y 35w

Jan 1, 1935 → Aug 29, 1939

Nuremberg Laws enacted

Sep 10, 1935

Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland

Mar 3, 1936

Spanish Civil War begins

Jul 14, 1936

Anschluss — annexation of Austria

Mar 8, 1938

Munich Agreement

Sep 27, 1938

Kristallnacht

Nov 8, 1938

Axis expansion in Europe

1y 42w

Aug 29, 1939 → Jun 17, 1941

Germany invades Poland

Aug 29, 1939

Dunkirk evacuation

Jun 4, 1940

Fall of France

Jun 18, 1940

Battle of Britain begins

Jul 9, 1940

The Holocaust

3y 47w

Jun 17, 1941 → May 8, 1945

Global war escalation

1y 33w

Jun 17, 1941 → Feb 2, 1943

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 17, 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Dec 2, 1941

Battle of Midway

Jun 2, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad begins

Aug 18, 1942

Allied turning point

1y 17w

Feb 2, 1943 → May 30, 1944

Stalingrad — German surrender

Feb 2, 1943

Italy surrenders

Sep 7, 1943

Liberation & Victory in Europe

48w

Jun 6, 1944 → May 8, 1945

D-Day — Normandy landings

Jun 6, 1944

Liberation of Paris

Aug 22, 1944

Pacific endgame

43w

Oct 17, 1944 → Aug 14, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 12, 1944

Auschwitz liberated

Jan 23, 1945

Yalta Conference

Jan 30, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 13, 1945

Hitler's death

Apr 24, 1945

Post-war reckoning

1y 34w

May 8, 1945 → Dec 31, 1946

V-E Day — Victory in Europe

May 8, 1945

Hiroshima atomic bombing

Jul 31, 1945

Nagasaki atomic bombing

Aug 7, 1945

V-J Day — Japan surrenders

Aug 14, 1945

United Nations founded

Oct 23, 1945

Nuremberg Trials begin

Nov 20, 1945

Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal opens

Apr 30, 1946

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