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Anschluss
the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany -
Treaty of Munich
leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy allowed Nazi Germany to take over part of Czechoslovakia -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler broke assurances in the Treaty of Munich and occupied Czechoslovakia -
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Russia and Germany sign non-aggression pact withsecret clauses for the division of Poland -
Britain's actions with Poland
Britain rearmed secret radar and gave assurances to threatened by the Fuhrer Poland -
Poland's invasion
Hitler invades Poland -
Declaration of war
France and Britain declared war on Germany -
Invasion of Denmark and Norway
Hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway, strategic place to break the British naval blockade on Germany. -
British rout Italians
Italian forces in North Africa were routed by the British -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler launched his lightning war against Holland and Belgium -
Chamberlain resigns
Chamberlain gave Churchill his unreserved support. -
Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, in the north of France -
Italy enters war
Italy entered the war on the side of the Axis powers with hope of rich pickings from the spoils of war. -
France signs armistice with Germany
Marshall Petain, signed an armistice with Germany taking France, which had been devastated, out of the war and into German occupation. -
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Battle of Britain
The Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). -
Tripartite Pact
Pact signed in Berlin, Germany, which set up the Axis Powers -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
German and Italian troops attacked Yugoslavia, Greece and the island of Crete. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia. -
Declaring a war on Japan
Britain and the United States declared war on Japan. -
Japanese take Singapore
Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, (right), led by a Japanese officer, walks under a flag of truce to negotiate the capitulation of Allied forces in Singapore, -
Battle of Midway
American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands -
Allies in N. Africa
General Alexander was given a hand-written directive from Churchill ordering that his main directive was to be the destruction of the German-Italian army -
Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle between German and Soviet troops in World War II. The battle was fought in the winter of 1942–1943 and ended with the surrender of an entire German army. Stalingrad is considered a major turning point of the war in favor of the Allies. -
Allies push into N. Africa
British and American forces landed in the NW of Africa and assumed control of French Morocco and Algeria. They gradually closed in on the Germans. -
Battle of El Alamein
a pitched battle) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel -
Invasion of Sicily
British and US forces invaded Sicily. -
Allies take Sicily
The allied troops had won the island of Sicily. -
Allies meet at Tehran
Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, WinstonChurchill of Great Britain and F D Roosevelt of America. It was to set the direction of World World Two in Europe. -
Axis surrender N Africa
The British and American forces defeated the Axis forces in North Africa -
Italy surrenders
New government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA and agreed to join allies. -
Leningrad relieved
The siege of Leningrad was lifted by the Soviet army. -
Japanese evicted from Burma
British forces with help from guerrilla-fighting Chindits led by Orde Wingate, evicted the Japanese from Burma. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge Germany launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of Belgium and is beaten back by the allies -
Rome liberated
Allies were able to liberate Rome from the Germans. -
D-Day
the day on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Paris liberated
Paris liberated The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans -
V2 Flying Bombs
The first V2 flying bombs killed three people in London. -
Allies cross the Rhine
The U.S. First Army aggressively pursued the disintegrating German troops and on 7 March unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge across the Rhine River at Remagen. -
Death of Roosevelt
President Roosevelt died -
Russians reach Berlin
The Russians reached Berlin -
Mussolini captured and executed
Italian partisans captured and executed Mussolini. -
Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress, Eva Braun, who he had, at the last minute, made his wife -
German forces surrender
German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies. -
German forces surrender
German forces in north west Germany, Holland and Denmark surrendered to Montgomery on Luneburg Heath -
Offering unconditional surrender
Hitler’s successor offered an unconditional surrender to the allies -
V.E. day
Victory in Europe was celebrated. -
Churchill loses election
Winston Churchill (Conservative) lost the election to Clement Atlee’s Labour Party (Labor Party). -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima. -
Russia declares war on Japan
Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese surrendered to the allies and ended WW2 -
Accepting Japan’s surrender
US General accepted Japan’s surrender formally ending WW2.
