Parallel Historical Timelines: World History

  • Nazi Germany invades Poland

    Germany invading Poland is often used as the point that began WWII.
  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Canada declares war on Germany

  • The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east

  • Poland surrenders to Germany

  • The Soviet Union invades Finland

  • The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations

  • British drop the first bombs on German soil

  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

  • Italy enters the war

  • Italy invades southern France

  • France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany

  • Germany invades the Soviet Union

  • Germany attacks Moscow for the first time

  • Pearl Harbor