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WWII Timeline

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  • Germany invades Poland.

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

  • Soviet Union invades eastern Poland.

  • The ‘Phoney War’

  • Soviet Union invades Finland.

  • Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway.

  • Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

    British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Winston Churchill.
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  • German army enters Paris.

    German army enters Paris.
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  • Start of Battle of Britain

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

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

  • Soviets and Japanese sign neutrality pact.

  • Germany invades Soviet Union.

    Germany invades Soviet Union.
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  • Germans attack Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union.

  • Japanese declare war on USA.

  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
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  • Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan.

  • Singapore falls to Japanese.

    Singapore falls to Japanese.
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  • Darwin bombed by the Japanese

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

    Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA
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  • Australians fight the Japanese at Kokoda

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

  • German surrender at Stalingrad.

  • Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa.

    Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa.
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  • Allied landings in Sicily.

  • Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown.

  • Italy signs armistice.

  • Soviets advance into Poland.

  • Rome captured by Allies.

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

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

  • Allies liberate Paris.

  • Surrender of Axis forces in Greece.

  • French capture Strasbourg.

  • German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins.

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

    Soviets liberate Auschwitz.
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  • US landings on Iwo Jima.

    US landings on Iwo Jima.
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  • Soviets enter Berlin.

    Soviets enter Berlin.
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  • Mussolini captured by partisans and executed.

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • German unconditional surrender.

    German unconditional surrender.
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  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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  • Japanese surrender.

    Japanese surrender.
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