Download 1939 - 1945 The Second World War

1939 - 1945 The Second World War.
Bombing of British cities, compulsory military service and food rationing were brought in.
1935 - 36
Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia.
1937
7 July -
Japan invades
China.
1938
Germany marches into
Austria and takes it over.
1939
March -Germany takes over
Sept. - Germany invades
Czechoslovakia.
Poland
3 Sept - The Prime Minister of
France,
Australia and
Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declares war on Germany.
New Zealand also declare war on
Germany.
6 Sept. - South Africa declares war on Germany.
10 Sept. -
Canada declares war on Germany.
17 Sept. - The Soviet Union invades
30 Nov. The Soviet Union invades
Poland from the east.
Finland.
1940
9 Apr. - Germany invades
Norway and
attack; Norway holds out until June 9.
Denmark. Denmark surrenders on the day of the
10 May Winston Churchill becomes the new British Prime Minister, replacing Neville
Chamberlain.
10 May - Germany attacks western Europe Luxemburg surrenders to the Germans
12 May - The German army enters
14 May
Luxembourg,
Holland and
Belgium.
France
Holland surrenders to the Germans.
14 May - The Local Defence Volunteers (Dad's Army) is created in
called the Home Guard
27 May - The evacuation of 340,000 soldiers of the
of Dunkirk.
28 May -
British and
Britain. It was later
French armies from the beaches
Belgium surrenders to the Germans
4 June - The last of the 338,000 British, French and Belgian forces evacuated from Dunkirk.
9 June - Norway surrenders to the Germans
10 June -
Italy enters the war and declares war on
Britain and
France
14 June - The German army enters and took over Paris.
30 June 1940 (until the Liberation on 9 May 1945) German troops take over the Channel Islands, the
only British soil occupied by Germany
21 June -
Italy invades southern France.
22 June - German troops conquer most of
9 July -
France surrenders to the Germans
RAF Bomber Command start night raids on Germany
10th July -
7 Sept -
Battle of Britain begins
The London Blitz starts
13 Sept. -
Italy invades British-controlled
20 Sept. - Germany,
Oct. -
France.
Italy, and
Italy invades
Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya.
Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
Greece
Nov. Slovakia (November 23),
join the Axis.
Hungary (November 20), and
Romania (November 22)
1941
March -
Bulgaria joins the Axis.
6 Apr. - Germany invades
Yugoslavia and
10 May - German air raid damages the
Greece.
House of Commons in London.
22 June - Germany invades Russia
7 Dec. - The
Japanese attack the
8 Dec. - The
USA Naval Base at Pearl Harbour,
United States declares war on
Japan, entering World War II.
11 Dec. - Germany and
Italy declare war on the
declares war on Germany and
Italy.
25 Dec -
Hong Kong surrenders to
Hawaii
United States.
United States formally
Japan.
1942
2 Jan. -
Japan captures Manila in the
15 Feb. - The
Japan captures
Philippines
Singapore
5 May - The Battle of the Coral Sea between the
US and
Japanese navies
30 May - Anglo-Americans start bombing Germany
8 Nov -
British and
U.S. troops win back North Africa
11 - 13 Dec. - Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the
United States.
1943
19 April – May
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in occupied Poland. The largest single revolt by Jews
against the Nazis during WW2.
16 May - The Dam Buster Raid
28 Sept. -
Italy surrenders
10 Oct. -
Italy swaps sides and declares war on Germany
1944
4 June -
Rome is freed by the Allies
6 June British and
U.S. troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of
opening a “Second Front” against the Germans. This day is known as D-Day
12 June - The first of Germany's terror weapons, the V1 (doodlebug), falls in
Swanscombe in Kent
15 Aug. - Allied forces land in
20 Aug. - Allied troops reach
France,
England at
southern France near Nice.
Paris.
Aug/Sept - Warsaw Uprising in occupied Poland, the largest ever civilian revolt in history, by the Polish
population against the Nazis.
11 Sept. - U.S. troops enter Germany
20 Oct. - U.S. troops land in the
Philippines.
16 Dec. - The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an
attempt to re-conquer
Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border.
1945
12 Jan. - The
Soviets liberate Warsaw and Krakow in
Poland.
13 Feb. - The
Soviets capture Budapest, capital city of
16 Apr. - The
Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
Hungary.
30 Apr. - Hitler commits suicide
7 May Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
8 May
Winston Churchill announces VE Day - Victory in Europe. British people wave flags, sing
and dance in the streets. WW2 ends in Europe
9 May - Germany surrenders to the
Soviets.
Creation of the Welfare State introduced social security payments for the unemployed.
6 Aug. - The first atomic bomb is dropped by
citizens
8 Aug. - The
Soviet Union declares war on
The United States on
Hiroshima killing 78,000
Japan and invades Manchuria.
9 Aug. -
The United States drops an atomic bomb on
Nagasaki.
14 Aug. -
Japan surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war. V-J Day (Victory in Japan)
2 Sept. - Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally
surrenders, ending World War II.