Europe 1939-1945 By Wild West May 22, 1939 Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy www.historyplace.com Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany www.historyplace.com Sep 5, 1939 U.S. proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland www.histroyplace.com Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway www.historyplace.com Jun 3, 1940 Germans bomb Paris; Dunkirk evacuation ends www.historyplace.com Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan www.historyplace.com Mar 11, 1941 President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act www.historyplace.com Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog Decree www.historyplace.com Dec 11, 1941 Hitler declares war on the U.S. www.historyplace.com Jan 1, 1942 Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied Nations www.historyplace.com Jun 1, 1942 Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz www.historyplace.com Dec 31, 1942 Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships www.historyplace.com Feb 2, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies www.historyplace.com Feb 14, 1943 Battle of Kasserine Pass between the U.S. 1st Armored Division and German Panzers in North Africa www.historyplace.com Jul 19, 1943 Allies bomb Rome www.historyplace.com Jan 17, 1944 First attack toward Cassino, Italy www.historyplace.com Feb 15, 1944 Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino www.historyplace.com Mar 4, 1944 Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies www.historyplace.com Jan 16, 1945 U.S.1st and 3rd Armies link up after a month long separation during the Battle of then Bulge www.historyplace.com Feb 4, 1945 Roosevelt, churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta www.historyplace.com May 2, 1945 German troops in Italy surrender www.historyplace.com
