Europe 1939-1945

Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy

May 22, 1939

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Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

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U.S. proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland

Sep 5, 1939

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Nazis invade Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

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Germans bomb Paris; Dunkirk evacuation ends

Jun 3, 1940

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Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan

Sep 27, 1940

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President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog Decree

Dec 7, 1941

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Hitler declares war on the U.S.

Dec 11, 1941

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Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied Nations

Jan 1, 1942

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Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz

Jun 1, 1942

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Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships

Dec 31, 1942

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Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies

Feb 2, 1943

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Battle of Kasserine Pass between the U.S. 1st Armored Division and German Panzers in North Africa

Feb 14, 1943

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Allies bomb Rome

Jul 19, 1943

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First attack toward Cassino, Italy

Jan 17, 1944

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Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino

Feb 15, 1944

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Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies

Mar 4, 1944

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U.S.1st and 3rd Armies link up after a month long separation during the Battle of then Bulge

Jan 16, 1945

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Roosevelt, churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta

Feb 4, 1945

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German troops in Italy surrender

May 2, 1945

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