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WWII Timeline

By LexiRunyon
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    1939

  • 1939

    1939
    Hitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.

  • 1940

    1940
    Rationing starts in the UK.
    German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.
    Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
    British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.
    British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.

  • 1941

    1941
    Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia.The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities.Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and resist German attacks.Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.

  • 1942

    1942
    Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein.
    Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken.American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins.

  • 1943

    1943
    Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle.British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.

  • 1944

    1944
    Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
    Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
    Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.
    After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.

  • 1945

    1945
    Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
    Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
    Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.
    After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.
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    1940