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World War 2

By elizabeth.alsop.00

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    Germany invades Poland

  • The ‘Phoney War’

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

  • Soviet Union invades eastern Poland

  • Soviet Union invades Finland

  • Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway.

  • Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg

  • British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Winston Churchill.

    British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Winston Churchill.
    Winston Churchill becomes Priminister

  • German army enters Paris

    German army enters Paris
    German army enters Paris

  • Start of Battle of Britain

    Start of Battle of Britain
    Start of Battle of Britain

  • Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact

    Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact
    Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact

  • German Afrika Korps begins offensive in N. Africa

  • Soviets and Japanese sign neutrality pact

  • Germany invades Soviet Union

    Germany invades Soviet Union
    Germany invades Soviet Union

  • Germans attack Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union

  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

  • Japanese declare war on USA

  • Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan

  • Singapore falls to Japanese

    Singapore falls to Japanese
    Singapore falls to Japanese

  • Darwin bombed by the Japanese

    Darwin bombed by the Japanese
    Darwin bombed by Japanese

  • Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA

    Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA
    Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA

  • Australians fight the Japanese at Kokoda

    Australians fight the Japanese at Kokoda
    Australians fight the Japanese at Kokoda

  • Battle of El Alamein begins, in which allied troops led by Australians defeat the Germans

  • German surrender at Stalingrad

  • Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa

    Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa.

  • Allied landings in Sicily

  • Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown

  • Italy signs armistice

  • Soviets advance into Poland

  • Rome captured by Allies

  • Operation Overlord (D-Day) - Allied invasion of Normandy

  • Operation Overlord (D-Day) - Allied invasion of Normandy.

    Operation Overlord (D-Day) - Allied invasion of Normandy.

  • German assassination attempt on Hitler fails

  • Allies liberate Paris

  • Surrender of Axis forces in Greece

  • French capture Strasbourg

  • German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins

    German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins.

  • Soviets liberate Auschwitz

    Soviets liberate Auschwitz.

  • US landings on Iwo Jima

    US landings on Iwo Jima.

  • Soviets enter Berlin

  • Mussolini captured by partisans and executed

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • German unconditional surrender

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Japanese surrender