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Invasion of Poland
Germany invades Poland, ignoring the ultimatum of war by the British -
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British and France declare war on Germany
In response to Germany's invasion of Poland, both France and Britain declare war on Germany -
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was again appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain on 10 May 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister. -
The evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II. The operation was decided upon when large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by the German army, during the Battle of France. -
Italy enters the War
Mussonlini and the Italian army fianlly enter the war on the side of the Axis Powers. -
France signs Armistice with Germany
The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 18:36[1] near Compiègne, France, by the top military officials of Nazi Germany and more junior representatives from the French Third Republic. Following the decisive German victory in the Battle of France, this armistice established a German occupation zone in Northern and Western France that encompassed all English Channel and Atlantic Ocean ports and left the remainder "free" to be governed by the French. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the mass aerial bombing of the United Kingdom by the German Luftwaffe. Targets included ports, factorys, airfields and buildings of political significance. The objective of the Nazi German forces was to achieve air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF). -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea Lion was Nazi Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom during the Second World War, following the Fall of France. For any likelihood of success the operation required both air and naval superiority over the English Channel, neither of which the Germans ever achieved during or after the Battle of Britain. Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely on 17 September 1940 and never carried out. -
Triparite Pact signed
The Triparite pact was a decisive military alliance between Germany, Japan and Italy, later to be joind by Hungary (20 November 1940), Romania (23 November 1940), Bulgaria (1 March 1941) and Yugoslavia (25 March 1941), as well as by the German client state of Slovakia (24 November 1940). -
Siege of Tobruk
After defeating the French foriegn legion in Syria and the Italian Army in Lybia, german forces were sent in. Allied forces were pushed back to Tobruk where they held the fort to delay German advance So began the seige of Tobruk. Australia fought and defended in Tobruk, and came to be known as the Rats of Tobruk after they were called rats by Nazi propagandist Lord Haw Haw. It was embraced as an ironic complimant. The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days and ended with Allied Victory. -
Operation Barbossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, breaking the non-agression agreement signed by Stalin and Hitler. -
Pearl Harbour
The bombing of Pearl harbour was an attempt by the Japanese to scaring the US into staying nuetral. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four sunk. All but Arizona were later raised. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers and an anti-aircraft training ship. 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. Soon after the attack, the US Forces joined the war on the side of the Allies. -
Britain And US declare war on Japan
the United States Congress declared war upon the Empire of Japan in response to its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day. Following the declaration, Japan's allies, Germany and Italy, declared war on the United States, bringing the United States fully into World War II. the government of the United Kingdom declared war on the Empire of Japan, following the Japanese attacks on Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong. -
Japan takaes Singapore
The Battle of Singapore, also known as the Fall of Singapore, was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of the Second World War when the Empire of Japan invaded the British stronghold of Singapore. Singapore was the major British military base in South-East Asia and nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the East". -
The Battle of Midway
The battle of Midway was a decisive Naval battle between Japanese and American forces, with a win for the US. -
First Battle of El Alamein
The First Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa and Allied forces (Britain, British India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) of the Eighth Army, -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
The Second Battle of El Alamein
With the Allies victorious, the Second Battke of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It followed the First Battle of El Alamein, which had stalled the Axis advance into Egypt. This victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign and ended the Axis threat to Egypt, the Suez Canal, and of gaining access to the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields via North Africa. -
End of the Battle of Stalingrad
After the success of Operation Uranus, a two-pronged attack on Axis forces, by the Soviet Red Army on 19 November 1942, the remaining Axis forces fought until the strat of Febuary when their supplies ran out and they surrendered, taking Stalingrad from the Nazis. -
D-Day Landings
The Battle of Normandy, also called D-Day and codenamed Operation Overlord, was the liberation of France from Nazi forces. The single largest seaborne invasion in history, this battle contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. Despite of this The allies were still able to ascertain victory and deplete German Forces. -
Mussolini captured and excecuted
The death of Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator, occured when he was summarily executed by anti-fascist partisans in the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy. However, since the end of the war, the circumstances of Mussolini's death, and the identity of of his killer, have been subjects of continuing debate in Italy. -
Hitler's Suicide
Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva committed suicide with him by taking cyanide. That afternoon, in accordance with Hitler's prior instructions, their remains were carried up the stairs through the bunker's emergency exit, doused in petrol, and set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside the bunker. There has been controversy and debate over the exact cause of death and authenticity of remains. -
Germany surrenders
The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945. -
V.E. Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
The Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima
On August 6 the U.S. dropped a uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima. Within the first two to four months, the acute effects of the atomic bombing killed 90,000–146,000 people in Hiroshima. Roughly half of the deaths in the city occurred on the first day -
Soviet Union Declare war on Japan
The Soviet Union invades China and succesfully terminates Japanese control of Manchukuo, Mengjiang (inner Mongolia), northern Korea, Karafuto, and the Chishima Islands with the the help on Mongolia. -
Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki
Two days after the bombing of Hiroshima, on August 9, the U.S. dropped a plutonium implosion-type bomb (Fat Man) on the city of Nagasaki. Within the first two to four months, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki. Roughly half of the deaths in the city occurred on the first day. -
Japan surrenders - Official end of WW2
The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Imperial Japan on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. -
Bitrh of the United Nations
A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict.