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World war II Started
Germany started WWII by invading Poland on September 1st, 1939. Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3rd. -
The Soviet Union invaded Finland
Soviet Union invaded Finland, occupies part of Poland, and by threatening invasion, takes over Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia -
Finland surrenders
Soviet-Finland war ends in Finland's surrender -
Germany, Italy and Japan signed the treaty of Tripartite Pact, and became allies German warplanes bombing London every night for 57 nights
Hundreds of German warplanes bombed London every night for 57 nights in attacks that continued until May 1941. More than 40,000 people died in the Biltz as Londoners call the air raid campaign. Germany, Italy and Japan sign a treaty (the tripartite Pact), making the three countries allies against England and France. Also seen as a warning to the United States: stop helping England and France (The US had traded 50 old destroyers to England in exchange for naval and air bases Western Hemisphere -
Italy invaded Greece. Germany troops later come to the aid of Italian troops
More than 400,000 Polish Jews are herded into a part of Warsaw known as the Warsaw Ghetto. This continues in Poland the Nazi campaign against the Jews—the Holocaust, in which six million Jews will be killed, along with hundreds of thousands of other minorities. -
US began "Lend-Lease"
The United States begins “Lend-Lease,” allowing President Roosevelt to send ammunition and other war supplies to England. No longer a neutral nation, the United States now will give England all help “short of war.” -
German troops invasion on the Soviet Union
More than three million German troops invade the Soviet Union.
1941 September - German conquest of the Soviet Union continues, German troops besiege Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). During the siege, which will continue until January 1944, more than 500,000 people in Leningrad will die of starvation. -
US and British troops invasion on French North Africa
U.S. and British troops invade French North Africa and will later link up with the British Eighth Army. -
Germany defeated by Russian winter
German troops are near Moscow. But, forced to fight in freezing weather, the troops pull back—defeated by the Russian winter, which had also defeated Napoleon’s army in 1812. -
German troops surrender at Stalingrad
German troops surrender at Stalingrad (now Volgograd). The Soviet Red Army, turning the tide of war, begins an offensive that will end in the capture of Berlin in 1945. Picture => 31st January 1943 - some of the 91,000 German troops taken prisoner at Stalingrad within a matter of weeks -
German surprise attack in the Ardennes region of Belgium
German forces launch a surprise attack in the Ardennes region of Belgium, beginning the Battle of the Bulge (so called because the German drive put a “bulge” in the Allied battle line). 16 December 1944 -
U.S Army, American soldiers win in the Battle of the Bulge
In the largest land battle ever fought by the U.S. Army, American soldiers turn back German troops, winning the Battle of the Bulge.
Soviet troops, continuing their eastern offensive, take Warsaw, Poland. -
Almost the End of WWII
Vienna, Austria falls to Soviet troops.
Soviet troops enter Berlin, beginning a street-by-street battle. Italian guerrilla fighters capture and kill Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. German forces in Italy surrender. U.S. soldiers free 32,000 survivors of the Dachau concentration camp. It will become a memorial for victims of the Nazi Holocaust. Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler kills himself. -
World War II Ended in the European Front
Germany surrenders
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day
