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Hitler invades Poland
The German invasion of Poland was a military action of Nazi Germany aimed at annexing the Polish territory. Technical operation, known as "White Case" (in German, Fall Weiss), it began on September 1, 1939 and the last units of the Polish army surrendered on October 6 of that year. It was the trigger for World War II in Europe and ended the Second Polish Republic. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
France and Britain joined forces with Poland, forcing them to declare war on Germany -
German Blitzkrieg overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France
Hitler had been preparing the invasion of France, he had to end his enemies quickly or begin to bring in reinforcements and material from their powerful colonial empires. In France, the French president had announced his resignation coordination problems with their commander in chief, Gamelin. In England, the Chamberlain government was sunk, also preparing to resign. His agents in France agreed that everyone expected the war ended through diplomatic means, without firing a shot. -
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
The same deputies that a week before the fighting, stand and cheered when he made his entry into Parliament. But that was a bitter time for the history of the Kingdom. The nation was ill-prepared for World War II. So when he was appointed prime minister on May 10, 1940, Churchill delivered a moving speech in which he said can not offer more than "blood, sweat and tears" to their fellow citizens. -
British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk
Gort retires towards Dunkirk, in France, in order to ensure its maritime evacuation from the port and beaches, operation which was called Operation Dynamo and which unexpectedly helped Hitler by ordering armored divisions Guderian to halt during three days. Dunkirk was described by the Allies as a miraculous victory, as allowed save 224,000 British soldiers and other 95,000 allies, mainly French, when the initial estimates of evacuation were only 45,000 men. -
British victory in Battle of Britain
This battle was an aerial confrontation that ended with the German defeat, forcing Hitler to postpone his invasion plans -
Allies take Tobruk
Siege imposed by Axis forces during 240 days in the population fortress ally of Tobruk in 1941, in the context of World War II. The siege began on April 10 when a German-Italian force led by Erwin Rommel attacked Tobruk and subjected the city to a siege would continue for several months until 27 November, when the forces of British 8th Army lifted the siege during Operation Crusader. -
Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa
It was launched on June 22, 1941, was the code name given by Adolf Hitler's planned invasion of the Soviet Union by Axis forces during World War II. This operation opened the Eastern Front, which became the theater of one of the biggest operations of the war, scene of the largest and most brutal battles of the conflict in Europe. The operation name is a tribute to Frederick Barbarossa, whose name is attached to German nationalism of the nineteenth century. -
The blitz continues against Britain
Germany used this tactic in the Blitz against Britain in the so-called Battle of Britain. Since 1940 the intensity of the British bombing of German territory increased and became less restrictive, being increasingly targeted at industrial areas and finally to the civilian population. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 Japanese aircraft attacked by surprise the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, where the fleet of American war of American Pacífico.Los concentrated suffered 3400 casualties with 2,300 deaths. The attack badly damaged the US naval and air power in the Pacific. However, this attack galvanized the American people and Roosevelt got the next day, December 8, 1941, Congress approved the declaration of war against Japan. -
Singapore falls to the Japanese in February
Singapore battle took place in the Southeast Asian stage of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the British fortress of Singapore. The fighting in Singapore lasted from 7 to 15 February 1942 -
Jewish holocaust in Auschwitz begins
The genocidal program peaked in the spring of 1942-from late 1942, the victims were transported regularly on freight trains, especially led to death camps where, if they survived the journey, most were systematically murdered in cameras gas. -
American naval victory at Battle of Midway
Aeronaval conflict waged between 4 and 7 June 1942 in the Pacific during World War II. In it, US naval forces stopped the Japanese attempt to invade Midway Atoll, where the first had a military base. A month escaped after the Battle of the Coral Sea, five months after the Japanese conquest of Wake Island and six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, which marked the beginning of the conflict in the Pacific Ocean between Japanese and US. -
Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein
Military confrontation between the Red Army of the Soviet Union and the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and its Axis allies for control of the Soviet city of Stalingrad, now Volgograd, between 23 August 1942 and February 2, 1943. the battle took place during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in the framework of World War II. -
Suurender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat
The decisive battle of Stalingrad between August 23, 1942 and February 2, 1943, was one of the most important milestones of the Second World War. Moreover, from that time, which was later joined battle tanks and thousands of Russian troops in Kursk sign the final defeat of Germany, which began to recede until tight in its own territory. -
The allies fight japanese
The Allies slow the Japanese advance in the battle of Guadalcanal and began an attack against them. -
Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle
Badoglio's government surrenders unconditionally to the Allies. The Germans immediately seize control of Rome and northern Italy, establishing a puppet Fascist regime under Mussolini, who is freed from imprisonment by German commandos on September 12. -
Allied victory in North Africa
the combined forces between Italy and Germany are stopped after heavy and bloody fighting by the Allies in the town of El Alamein and its offensive on the Caucasus can not produce. This setback had left decimated the Afrika Korps, Rommel nevertheless tried to resume their advance without success after failing in the Battle of Alam Halfa.
After this battle the allied troops changed control. -
Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino
Allied troops land successfully near Anzio, just south of Rome and begins the battle of monte cassino. The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a series of four tough battles during World War II with the intention on the part of the allies, Gustav cross the line and take Rome. It involved by 105,000 Axis troops, killing 20,000 casualties. By Allied side 80,000 soldiers participated, with a total of 54,000 casualties. -
D-day
British and US troops successfully land on the coast of Normandy (France) and open a "second front" against the Germans. -
Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe
The Soviets launch a massive offensive in eastern Belarus and destroy the German Army Group Centre and move west toward the river Vistula opposite Warsaw in central Poland, on August 1. -
Auschwitz is liberated
In January 1945, the Soviets liberated Auschwitz, the death camp and largest concentration. The Nazis had forced the majority of Auschwitz prisoners on death marches, and when Soviet soldiers entered the camp found alive only a few thousands of starving prisoners. -
Truman becomes President
On April 12, 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage while exercising his functions. So comes to power truman -
Russians reach Berlin
The Soviets launch their final offensive and surrounding Berlin. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide on 30th April, 1945 -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the Soviets. -
Atlee replaces Churchill
after his victory in the July elections, Atlee is appointed Prime Minister. -
After atomics bombs, Japan surrenders
US launches an atomic bomb in Hiroshima and three days later, also in Nagasaki. Japan , having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945 and ends formally surrenders World War II
