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World War 2 timeline

  • Germay invades Poland

    Germay invades Poland
  • The Phoney war

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

  • Soviet Union invades eastern Poland

  • Soviet Union invades Finland

  • Germay begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway

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

    British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Winston Churchill
  • Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxemberg

  • German army enters Paris

    German army enters Paris
  • Start of the Battle of Britain

    Start of the Battle of Britain
  • Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact

    Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact
  • German Afrika Korps begins offensive in North Africa

  • Soviets and Japanese sign neutrality pact

  • 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 declare war on USA

  • Allies (except Soviets) declare war on japan

  • Singapore falls to Japanese

    Singapore falls to Japanese
  • Darwin bombed by the Japanese

    Darwin bombed by the Japanese
  • Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA

    Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA
  • Austrralians fight the Japanese at Kokoda until January 1943

    Austrralians fight the Japanese at Kokoda until January 1943
  • Battle of El Alamein begins, in which allied troops led by Australians defeat the Germans

  • Germans 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

  • Allies liberate Paris

  • Rome captured by Allies

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

    Operation Overlord (D-Day) - Allied invasion of Normandy
  • German assassination attempt on Hilter fails

  • Surrender of Axis forces in Greece

  • French capture Strasbourg

  • German attack through Ardennes - Battle of Bulge begins

    German attack through Ardennes - Battle of Bulge begins
  • Soviets liberate Auschwitz

    Soviets liberate Auschwitz
  • US landings on lwo Jima

    US landings on lwo Jima
  • Soviets enter Berlin

  • Mussonlini capture by partisans and executed

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • German unconditional surrender

    German unconditional surrender
  • Atomic bomd dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic bomd dropped on Hiroshima
  • Japanese surrender