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Hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway to safe guard supply route of Swedish ore and also to establish a Norwegian base from which to break the British naval blockade on Germany
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Hitler went ahead with his plans to unify all German-speaking people. He annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to attempt a settlement before war broke out.
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Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetanland of Czechoslovakia. The Czechs were not represented at the eeting and realizing that no country would come to their aid were forced to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. Hitler assured those at the meeting that this was the extent of his ambitions for expansion. Chamberlain returned to England with a piece.
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Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact which included secret clauses for the division of Poland.
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Adolf Hitler invaded Poland
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Adolf Hitler invaded Poland
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Despite the assurances given by Hitler in the Treaty of Munich (Sept 1938), he marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country.
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Britain had begun re-arming and a highly secret radar early warning system was installed along the east coast Conscription was introduced and assurances were given to Poland, who was being threatened by the Fuhrer
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Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact which included serect clauses for the division of Poland
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Britain and France declared war on Germany. Neville Chamberlain broadcast the announcement that the country was at war
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The months following Britain's declaration of war are referred to as the phoney war because Britain saw no military action
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Hitler launched his blitzkrieg against Holland and Belgium.
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Neville Chamberlain resigned after pressure from Labour members for a more avtive prosecution of the war and Winston Churchill became the new head of the wartime coalition government.
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The British commander in chief general Gort had been forced to retreat to the coast at Dunkirk.
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Italy entered the war on the side of the Axis powers.
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The French Marshall Petain signed an armistice with Germany taking Francem which had been devastated out of the war and into German occupation
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During July Hitler sent his LUftwaffe bombers to attack British ports. HIsaim was also to assess the speed and quality of response by the RAF.
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this pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany italy and japan
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Italian forces in North Africa were routed by the British led by General Wavell
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German and Italian troops attacked Yugoslavia, Greece and the island of Crete. German field Marshall Erwin Rommel led the axis powers back to North Africa.
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Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3500 tanks into Russia. The Russians were taken by surprise as they had signed a treaty with Germany in 1939. Stalin immediately signed a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and launched an Eastern front battle that would claim 20 million casualties.
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The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, ttacked the US pacific fleet at Peal Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminar to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia
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The Japanese captured singapore from the British, taking some 60000 prisoners.
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The usa defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back.
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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 commanded by Field-Marshall Rommell together with all its supplies and establishments in Egypt and Libya.
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Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment followed by an armoured attack.
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The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the Battle of Staingrad.
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British and American force sun der the command of Germerl Dwight Eisenhower landed in the NW
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The British and American forces anaged to defeat the axis forece in tnorth africa
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British and US forces invaded Sicily
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The allied troopp had won the island of Sicily
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stalin roosevelt and churchill met to co ordinate plans for a simultaneous squeeze on germany,
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the siege of leningrad was lifted by the soviet army
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Althugh italy had surrendered in 9, it was only now that the allies were able to liberate Rome from the germans.
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The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France.
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British forces under General slim, with help from guerrilla fighting chindits led by orde wingaete, evicted the japanese from burma.
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the french capital of paris was liverated from the germans.
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Germany launched its final defensive through the ardennes reguib of belgium
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president roosevelt died. he was secceeded by president truman.
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the russians reached berlin shortly before the us forces.
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italian partisans captured mussolini and executed him.
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the german leaderadolf hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress eva braun who he had at the last minute.
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the allies crossed the rhine while soviet force were approaching berlin from the east
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german forces in italy sueendered to the allies.
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german forces in north west germany holland and denmark surrendered to montgomery on lune butg heath.
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hitler's successor admiral donitz, offerred an uncnoditional surrender to the allies.
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V.E day victory in Europe was celebreated
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winston churchill lost the election to clement atlee's labour party. The labour party romised sweeping social reforms including nationalisation of the coal and railway
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the japanese generals refused to surrender. the us dropped an atomic bomb on the island of hiroshima
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russia declared war on japan and invaded japanese ruled manchuria
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the us drop another one bomb
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the japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war
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us general, douglas macarthur accepted japan's surrender thus formally ending the second world war