-
Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech
-
Nazis take Czechoslovakia.
-
Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy.
-
Nazis invade Poland
-
Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.
-
German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.
-
Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles.
-
Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan.
-
Heavy German bombing of London; British bomb Hamburg
-
United States freezes German and Italian assets in America.
-
United States announces an oil embargo against aggressor states.
-
Hitler declares war on the United States.
-
Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations.
-
First American forces arrive in Great Britain.
-
Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships.
-
German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa.
-
British bombing raid on Hamburg.
-
Italian surrender to Allies is announced
-
Italy declares war on Germany; Second American air raid on Schweinfurt.
-
Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies.
-
British drop 3000 tons of bombs during an air raid on Hamburg, Germany.
-
Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails.
-
Resistance uprising in Paris.
-
Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
-
First U.S. atomic bomb test; Potsdam Conference begins.
