WWII

Germany invaded Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invaded Poland. Poland was defeated, this was the start of the war.

France and Britian declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

German Army invades Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

German Army strikes again

May 10, 1940

German Army invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill appointed British Prime Minister.

Red Army takes Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

Jul 23, 1940

Tripartite alliance formed between Germany, Italy and Japan

Sep 27, 1940

Hitler launches operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

Stalin launches "scorched earth" policy

Jul 3, 1941

Planning begins for "Final Solution," the systematic destruction of the Jews

Jul 31, 1941

Japanese attack naval base at Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

United States and Britain declares war on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

Germany declares war on the United States

Dec 11, 1941

Hitler assumes post of Commander in Chief of German Army

Dec 19, 1941

Japanese Navy resoundingly defeated at Battle of Midway--war reaches its turning point in the Pacific; S.S. Leader Rheinhardt Heydrich dies of wounds sustained in partisan attack at Prague

Jun 4, 1942

U.S. Air Force opens daylight bombing campaign with attack on Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Jan 27, 1943

D-Day: invasion of Europe begins with Allied landings at Normandy

Jun 6, 1944

Hitler survives assassination attempt

Jul 20, 1944

Adolf Hitler and wife Eva Braun commit suicide in Chancellery bunker

Apr 30, 1945

Victory over Japan (VJ) Day

Aug 15, 1945