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1939
September 1: Germany invades Poland.
September 3: England and France (allies) declare war on Germany. -
1940
April 9: Germany invades Norway and Denmark.
May 10: Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
June 22: Germany takes Paris (France).
August 24: Germany bombs London.
October 28: Italy invades Greece. -
1941
February 12: Germany lands troops in Libya to invade Egypt.
April 6: Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
June 22: Germany invades the Soviet Union.
December 7: Japan bombs the Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) base of the United States (USA)
December 8: USA declares war on Japan. -
1942
June 7: USA defeats Japan at the Battle of Midway.
July 27: England stops the German advance in Africa at the First Battle of El Alameín.
August 23: The battle of Stalingrad between Germany and the Soviet Union begins.
November 3: England defeats Germany in the Second Battle of El Alameín. -
1943
January 14: Conference of the Allies (England, France, USA) in Casablanca (Morocco).
February 2: Soviet Union defeats Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad.
September 3: The Allies invade Italy.
September 8: Italy surrenders to the allies.
November 28: Conference of the allies (England, USA, Soviet Union) in Tehran (Iran). -
1944
June 6: The Allies begin the Normandy landings.
August 10: USA defeats Japan in the Battle of Guam.
August 25: The Allies defeat Germany in the Battle of Normandy.
October 20: Yugoslavs and Soviets liberate Belgrade.
December 29: Hungarians and Soviets liberate Budapest. -
1945
January 25: The Allies defeat Germany in the Battle of The Ardennes.
February 4: Conference of the allies (England, USA, Soviet Union) in Yalta (Crimea, Ukraine).
March 26: The US defeats Japan at the Battle of Iwo Jima.
April 25: Soviet Union troops take Berlin.
April 30: Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin. -
1945
May 19: Germany surrenders to the Allies.
June 21: USA defeats Japan at the Battle of Okinawa.
July 17: Conference of the Allies (England, USA, Soviet Union) in Postdam (Berlin, Germany).
August 6: The US drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.
August 9: The US drops a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki.
September 2: Japan surrenders to the United States.