-
Invation
The Nazis invade Poland -
Declairng War
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. -
France links with Germany
France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany. -
Axis power movements
German troops enter Romania. and Italy invades Greece. -
Allies
British forces arrive in Greece.- President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act.
- A coup in Yugoslavia overthrows the pro-Axis government.
-
Attacking the Soviet Union
Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins. -
Agreement
Mutual Assistance agreement between British and Soviets.- British occupy Syria.
-
Bombing
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree. -
Final solution
SS Leader Heydrich holds the Wannsee Conference to coordinate the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." -
Relocation
Japanese-Americans sent to relocation centers. -
Deaths
- Heydrich dies of wounds.
- Germans besiege Sevastopol.
- Nazis liquidate Lidice in reprisal for Heydrich's assassination.
-
British army
British General Bernard Montgomery takes command of Eighth Army in North Africa. -
Hitler army defeated
Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies. -
Germans movement
Germans begin their last offensive against Kursk. -
Battle of the Bulge
-
Dresden destroyed
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta.- Dresden is destroyed by a firestorm after Allied bombing raids.
-
Allied attack
U.S. troops encircle Germans in the Ruhr; Allied offensive in northern Italy. -
Allied power
Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies. -
Atomic Bomb dropped
First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan. -
second atomic bomb
Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan. -
Japan retiriment
Japanese sign the surrender agreement; V-J (Victory over Japan) Day.