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SECOND WORLD WAR

  • YEAR 1939

    YEAR 1939

    1939
    September 1: Germany invades Poland.
    September 3: England and France (allies) declare war on Germany.
  • YEAR 1940

    YEAR 1940

    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.
  • YEAR 1941

    YEAR 1941

    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.
  • YEAR 1942

    YEAR 1942

    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.
  • YEAR 1943

    YEAR 1943

    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).
  • YEAR 1944

    YEAR 1944

    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.
  • YEAR 1945

    YEAR 1945

    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.
  • YEAR 1945

    YEAR 1945

    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.