Second World War

World War II

Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Dec 31, 1945

Germany take Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

Spanish Civil war ends

Mar 28, 1939

Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy

May 22, 1939

Nazis and Soviets sign Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty

Aug 25, 1939

British fleet mobilizes

Aug 31, 1939

Civilian evacuations begin from London.

Nazis invade Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy

Sep 4, 1939

United States proclaims its neutrality

Sep 5, 1939

German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland

Sep 5, 1939

Canada declares war on Germany

Sep 10, 1939

Battle of the Atlantic begins

Sep 10, 1939

Soviets invade Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Warsaw surrenders to Nazis

Sep 27, 1939

Reinhard Heydrich becomes the leader of new Reich Main Security Office (RSHA)

Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland

Sep 29, 1939

Assassination attempt on Hitler fails

Nov 8, 1939

Soviets attack Finland

Nov 30, 1939

Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations

Dec 14, 1939

Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets

Mar 12, 1940

Nazis invade Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

Holland surrenders to the Nazis

May 15, 1940

Belgium surrenders to the Nazis

May 28, 1940

Norway surrenders to the Nazis

Jun 10, 1940