Second World War in Europe

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  • Germany invades Poland

  • Period: to

    Phoney War

  • Nazis invade Denmark and Norway

  • Evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk

  • Norway surrenders. Italy declares war on Britain and France

  • Battle of Britain begins

  • USSR take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

  • Blitz begins against British

  • Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy, Japan

  • Italy invades Greece

  • Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia

  • Operation Barbarossa begins

  • Battle of Stalingrad begins

  • Battle of El-Alamein: 23 Oct - 5 Nov

  • Period: to

    Battle of El-Alamein

  • Germans surrender at Stalingrad

  • Battle of the Atlantic climaxes with 27 merchant ships sunk by German u-boats: 16-20 March

  • German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa

  • Allied invasion of mainland Italy

  • Allies land in Sicily, Italy: 9-10 July

  • D Day landings

  • Period: to

    Battle of the Bulge

  • Soviet troops capture Warsaw

  • Soviet troops begin final attack on Berlin; Americans enter Nuremberg

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • VE day