By Daniel M Delott

The timeline of World War 2 will show that on 6 August 1945 “Little Boy” was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Just three days later “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki, another Japanese city. It is important to know that “Little Man” and “Fat Man” were both nuclear weapons and are, to this date, the only ones ever used in the history of warfare. These bombs killed more than 140,000 people in Hiroshima and about 80,000 in Nagasaki. This number does not include the thousands more killed due to complications associated with excessive radiation exposure. The bombings of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the beginning of the end of Japanese involvement on the timeline of World War 2.

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By Daniel M Delott

In the beginning of 1940, near the start of the timeline of World War 2, the Hitler and his Nazi forces were planning to invade the United Kingdom. This was what we know as Operation Sea Lion, but was never actually carried out due to the fact that the Nazis lost the Battle of Britain in August and September of 1940. Operation Sea Lion was indefinitely postponed by the Nazis on 17 September.

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 By Daniel M Delott

When discussing the timeline of World War 2 we simply cannot forget to include the Battle of Iwo Jima. The Battle of Iwo Jima involved ground fighting for about thirty-five days spanning between 19 February 1945 and 26 March 1945. This infamous battle that took place near the end of the timeline of World War 2 occurred after the Imperial Japanese Navy had already lost much of its power and was since unable to prevent American landings. The Japanese military had suffered many losses by this point in the war.

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By Daniel M Delott

Every part of the timeline of World War 2 is an integral part of how the war progressed and ultimately ended, but some events are more pivotal than others. The Fall of France, otherwise known as the Battle of France, was the invasion of France and the Low Countries by Nazi Germany and began on 10 May 1940. The battle lasted from May until 22 June 1940 and was a major victory for the Nazis. The Fall of France was executed in two main operations known as Fall Gelb (Case Yellow) and Fall Rot (Case Red). The previous operation involved the Nazis cutting off and surrounding the Allied forces in Belgium and the latter involved the main attack on the larger territory of France.

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By Daniel M Delott

The timeline of World War 2 may very well have begun at the end of World War 1 in 1918, because only three years later Adolf Hitler was to become the leader of the National Socialist “Nazi” Party in Germany. While he was not yet Chancellor, a dictator, or the Führer he was well on his way to becoming one of the most tyrannical leaders known to the modern world. In 1933, the real timeline of World War 2 begins with the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany and finally ends in 1945 when the Allies take over the German government.

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By Daniel M Delott

Thousands of Jewish homes and almost 8,000 Jewish shops were ransacked and destroyed during what is now known as Kristallnacht, or “Night of the Broken Glass”, throughout Germany on the 9th and 10th of November 1938. Both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS) rampaged Germany with sledgehammers as they smashed windows, doors, and buildings belonging to or housing Jewish families and businesses. It was during this part of the timeline of World War 2 that more than 30,000 Jewish men were taken away to concentration camps, more than 1,600 synagogues ransacked, and many Jews beaten to death in their homes and on the street.

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By Alastair Harris

The War’s beginning?

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Operation Barbarossa - World War 2
By Daniel M Delott

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By Alastair Harris

The War’s beginning?

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World War II Facts
By Jay Villaverde

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