World War II Timeline

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  • Germany Invaded Poland

    Germany Invaded Poland
    German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, west and the Soviet Union invaded from the east. World War II began. Poland was divided and annexed by Germany and The Soviet Union on Sep 6,1939.
  • British and France declared war on Germany

    British and France declared war on Germany
    Britain and France declared war on Germany - Britain and France swore to defend Poland. They both sent utlimatums to Hitler to demand his withdrawal from Poland. Hitler declined to respond. Britain and France declared war on Germany.
  • Canada declared war on Germany

    Canada declared war on Germany
    Canada was loyal to Britain. When Britain declared war on Germany, Canada automatically declared war on Germany.
  • Germany invaded Denmark and Norway

    Germany invaded Denmark and Norway
    Hitler had ordered the invasion of Norway on March 1st, and the order also included the invasion of Denmark.
  • Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France

    Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France
    Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg which are known as the Low Countries. Germany decieded to invaded France throught the Low Countries.
  • France surrendered to Hitler

    France surrendered to Hitler
    Frence sent the best soldiers to the north and lost in the resulting encirclement. Frence has lost thier strongest armies and retreated. Gremany threatened to occupy Paris.
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    When France surrendered to Germany, Hitler turned his gun toward Britain.The battle began in mid-July and, the Luftwaffe focus attack on shipping in the English Channel and attack on coastal towns and defences
  • Germany invaded USSR

    Germany invaded USSR
    Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II. Hitler decided to attack the Soviet Union within the following year just a week after German conquered France and the Low Countries. On December 18, 1940, he signed Directive 21, the first operational, code-named Operation "Barbarossa", order for the invasion of the Soviet Union.
  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbour

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbour
    Japan sent a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and has declared war on Britain and the United States. On 8 December, 1941, United Stated declared war on Japan.
  • Canadian soldiers defeated in Japan's invasion of Hong Kong

    Canadian soldiers defeated in Japan's invasion of Hong Kong
    The Japanese took a good plan on the battle in Hong Kong. On December 17, the Japanese demanded the surrender of Hong Kong. The suggestion was flatly refused. The next day, invading troops flooded ashore, pushing through the machine-gun fire of the defenders, taking the high ground and overwhelming the Allied soldiers.
  • raid on French port of Dieppe by Canadian and other Allied forces

    raid on French port of Dieppe by Canadian and other Allied forces
    The attack upon Dieppe took place on August 19, 1942. The troops involved with total of 6,000 Allied soldiers which 5,000 were Canadians, the rest are British Commanders and 50 American Rangers.
  • Canadian win Battle of Ortona, Italy

    Canadian win Battle of Ortona, Italy
    By December, the advancing Allied armies had reached the historic seaport of Ortona, on Italy's Adriatic coast.Canadian army facing their toughest test, fighting an urban battle street by street which later was called "Canada's Stalingrad". Finally, on December 28th, the last remaining German troops retreated or surrendered. Their supplies had been used up, and they knew reinforcements wouldn't be arriving.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Canadian troops join British and Americans in Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France by air, sea, and land.
  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders
    On April 30, 1945, as Russian troops fought to within yards of his subterranean bunker, Hitler put a pistol to his head, pulled the trigger and closed the curtain on the Third Reich. Germany surrendered to Allied Armies.
  • Two atomic bombs dropped on Japan

    Two atomic bombs dropped on Japan
    On 6th and 9th of August,1945, two atomic bomb were dropped on the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan by United States.Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day.
  • Japan surrendered

    Japan surrendered
    Because of the two atomic bombs, Japan lost their hope to fight. They surrendered on 15 August, 1945