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January 30, 1933 Hitler Becomes Chancellor
In 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. -
Sept 13, 1935 Nuremberg Laws in effect against Jews
These laws, on which the rest of Nazi racial policy hung, were written hastily. -
Italy into Ethiopia October 1st, 1935
Italo-Ethiopian War, (1935–36), an armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia’s subjection to Italian rule. -
1937: Italy, Germany & Japan signed Anti-Comintern Pact, against Russia
Anti-Comintern Pact, an agreement concluded first between Germany and Japan (Nov. 25, 1936) and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan (Nov. 6, 1937), ostensibly directed against the Communist International but, by implication, specifically against the Soviet Union. -
March, 1938 Anschluss - Germany takes over Austria with no fighting.
On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
March 15, 1939 Full invasion and takeover of Czechoslovakia.
On 15 March 1939, German troops marched into Czechoslovakia. They took over Bohemia and established a protectorate over Slovakia. -
August 23, 1939 German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. -
Sept 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland with Blitzkrieg warfare.
At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with the German-controlled territory. -
Sept 3, 1939 Britain Declares war on Germany
1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany. Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. -
Battle of the Atlantic - Sept 3, 1939 - Duration of the war
The Battle of the Atlantic, from 1939 to 1945, was the longest continuous battle of the Second World War. -
Sept 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany.
With the full fury of the blitzkrieg— lightning war—the German armored (Panzer) divisions destroyed Polish defenses in the west. -
Battle of Britain July 10, 1940
On this day in 1940, the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain, which will last three and a half months, begins. -
Invasion of Soviet Union June 22, 1941
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, starting Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. -
Pearl Harbour Attack Dec 7, 1941
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. -
Japanese-Canadian Internment Feb 24th, 1942
On 24 February 1942, the federal Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King issued Order-in-Council P.C. 1486 to remove and detain “any and all persons” from any “protective area” in the country. -
Battle of El Alamein July 1,1942
The First Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis forces of the Panzer Army Africa and Allied forces of the Eighth Army. -
Battle Of Stalingrad July 17 1942-Feb 2 1943
The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major confrontation of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia. -
Dieppe Raid Aug 19, 1942
The Dieppe Raid, also known as the Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter during planning stages, and by its final official code-name Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. -
Battle of Stalingrad Aug 23, 1942
The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. -
Italian Campaign July 10, 1943
The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. -
D-Day June 6, 1944
June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. -
Germany surrenders May 8, 1945
On this day in History, Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at Reims on May 07, 1945. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945
President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon to be used to bring the war to a speedy end. -
Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki Aug 9, 1945
On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.
