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WWII Starts
Germany and Czechoslovakia invade Poland using the false pretext that Poland launched attacks on a Germany territory and that they had to protect the German minoritys in Poland. -
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WWII Timeline
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France and Britian declare war on Germany
France and Britian declare war (on Germany) and start a naval bloackade to German ports without providing support for Poland. German responds by attacking with U-boats and start the Battle of the Atlantic. -
Battle of the Atlantic
Lasting from Sept. 3 '39 to May 8 '45, it was one of the longest continuing military campaign involving use of thousands of ships and though a aliied victory it came with a total loss of 3675 ships campared to the loss of 783 U-boats. Churchhill named it "Battle of the Atlantic" and it stuck. -
Battle of River Plate
The first naval battle of WWII taking place in South America, three Royal Navy cruisers (HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles) were after German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. They damaged her feul system forcing them to pull into a port and either abandon ship or go back out to sea were more Royal Navy ships waited. -
German-Soviet Commericial Agreement
The Soviet Union agreed to deliver oil, raw materials, & grains for 420-430 million reichsmarks from a period of Feb. 11 '40-Feb. 11 '41 in payment for Soviet deliveries Germany supplys them with war material, machinery and technologies, and raw materials. -
Battle of France
The Battle of France also known as the Fall of France was from May 10–June 22 the Germans went against French forces and pushed into a undefended Paris and took over as the government fled. The premiere of France, Philippe Pétain, met with Germany to sign a armistice between the two countries and the result was a division of France. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain, July 12-Oct. 31, was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces along with being the largest and most sustaned aerial bombing campaign to date. They sent all the women and children away to the country side during the war, and yet despite all the bombings and such Germany did not win! -
Hitler Public War Offer
Hitler publicly offers to end the war saying he had no desire to destroy the British Empire. Britian rejected it with Lord Halifax responding with "there was in his speech no suggestion that peace must be based on justice, no word of recognition that the other nations of Europe had any right to self-determination..." -
Greco-Italian War
The Greco-ITalian War lasted from Oct. 28 '40-April 23 '41. In Greece it is known as the "War of '40" and in Italy it is known as the "War of Greece". It was Greece's first successful land campaign against the Axis powers. Nazi Germany came to the aid of Italy on April 6, 1941. Greece surrendered to Germany on April 23, 1941 and agreed to a armistice. -
Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
The soviets wanted to make sure they would not be attacked from the far east to safeguard there eastern border. The treaty was signed in Moscow on April 13, 1941, by Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka and Ambassador Yoshitsugu Tatekawa for Japan and Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov for the Soviet Union. -
Germany and Romania invaded Soviet-Union
Starting on June 22 the Axis powers invaded the USSR using over four million soldiers, 600,000 motor vehicles, and 750,000 horses. along a 2,900 km (1,800 mi) front. The invasion was authorized by Hitler on 18 December 1940 and instead of it happening on the original date (May 15, 1941) the invasion began on June 22 1941. The Germans were pushed back from Moscow, despite wining some vicotries. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Battle of Singapore
The Allies had imposed a trade embargo on Japan in response to its continued campaigns in China. The japanese were seeking a alternate source of neccesary materials for the Pacific Wars against the Allies so the Japanese invaded Malaya, seeing Singapore (connected to Malaya from the south) as a port which could be used as a launching pad. -
Casablanca Conference
The Casablanca Conference was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, which was then a French protectorate, from Jan. 14-Jan. 24 to plan the Allies strategies for the next phase of WWII. Some of the people in attendance were United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and representing the Free French forces, Generals Charles de Gaulle, and Henri Giraud. -
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near the city of Kursk in the Soviet Union in July and August 1943. It was one of the largest armored clashes and the costliest single day of aerial warfare in history. The Germans hoped to shorten their lines by eliminating the Kursk salient created in the aftermath of their defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad. What they had envisioned though was not going to be. -
Battle of Monte Cassino
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Jan. 17-May 18, started out as a the Allies fearing the Germans using the Monte Cassino abbey for part defensive line, they bombed the abbey. Then the Germans started using the rubble for shelter. The Germans were finally driven from there post but at a high cost. -
Battle of Imphal
The Battle of Imphal, Mar. 8-July 3, took place in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in North-East India. Japanese armies attempted to destroy the Allied forces at Imphal and invade India, but were driven back into Burma with heavy losses. The defeat at Imphal was the largest defeat to that date in Japanese history. -
Battle of Kohima
The Battle of Kohima, April 4-June 22, was the turning point of the Japanese Operation U-Go. The battle took place in three stages, April 3-April 16, the Japanese attempted to capture Kohima ridge, April 18-May 13, British and Indian reinforcements counter-attacked to drive the Japanese from the positions they had captured, and, May 16-June 22, the British and Indian troops pursued the retreating Japanese and reopened the road. The battle ended on June 22. -
Dooms Day
After three years of mounting pressure from the Soviet union, the western Allies invade Northern France and Southern France, and push German forces into Western Europe. -
WWII Is Over
Japan ignored the Potsdam terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August. The Red Army quickly defeated the Japanese Army and Japan surrendered.
