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Independence of Slovaks
Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic. The Germans occupy the rump Czech lands in violation of the Munich agreement, forming a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. -
Occupation of Czechoslovakia
It began with the Nazi annexation of the northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. German leader Adolf Hitler's pretext for this effort was the alleged privations suffered by the ethnic German population living in those regions -
Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy
While Japan wanted the focus of the pact to be aimed at the Soviet Union, Italy and Germany wanted it aimed at Britain and France. Due to this disagreement, the pact was signed without Japan -
Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty
A mutual assistance in case of military invasion from Germany, as specified in a secret protocol -
Germany invaded Poland
The Poles had carried out a series of sabotage operations against German targets -
Declaration war on Germany
After a British ultimatum to Germany to cease military operations was ignored, France and the United Kingdom, followed by the fully independent Dominions of the British Commonwealth (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa) declared war on Germany. -
Decalration of war
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. -
Defeation of Polish army
The Polish army was defeated and Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on 27 September, with final pockets of resistance surrendering. Poland's territory was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union, with Lithuania and Slovakia also receiving small shares. After the surrender of Poland's armed forces, the Polish resistance established an Underground State and a partisan Home Army -
Hitler´s agreement
Hitler made a public peace overture to the United Kingdom and France, but said that the future of Poland was to be determined exclusively by Germany and the Soviet Union. -
Rejection of Hitler´s agreement
Chamberlain rejected Hitler´s agreement saying "Past experience has shown that no reliance can be placed upon the promises of the present German Government. After this rejection Hitler ordered an immediate offensive against France,but bad weather forced repeated postponements until the spring of 1940. -
Germany started attacking
Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg. All fall within weeks. -
British armed forces attack Italian forces in North Africa.
This campaign escalates and continues for nearly three years. -
Battle of Britain.
Germany suffers its first defeat in the skies over England, and abandons invasion plans. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades the USSR opening, like that, what becomes known as the Eastern Front. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
It was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawai. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Battle of Midway.
Was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theatre. Between 3 days, the United States Navy decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable -
Battle of Stalingrad.
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
D-DAY
D-Day was the day when the Allies invaded France so they could free them from Germany. It was a major turning point in the war because it marked the end of the Nazi's reign. -
Valkyrie
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Hitler by planning a bomb at Hitlers headquarters called the Wolf's Lair. The day that the bomb was set Hitler's meeting was moved out of the underground bunker to a room with windows. This allowed the explosion to not be as lethal and therefore did not kill Hitler. -
Adolf Hitler´s death
Hitler commits suicide, shortly before the fall of Berlin and surrender of German forces in Europe.
