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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.