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Invasion of Poland
From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. This started the II World War. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later -
The Soviets invaded Poland from the east
The Soviets defeat the east plish forces -
Poland was divided
The Soviets and Germans divided Poland. The demarcation line for the partition of German- and Soviet-occupied Poland was along the Bug River. -
Public peace
Hitler made a public peace with United Kingdom and France. But he said that the future of Poland was determinated by the Germans and the Soviets. -
Rejection of the peace
Chamberlaine rejected this peace by saying"Past experience has shown that no reliance can be placed upon the promises of the present German Government.". After this rejection Hitler ordered an immediate offensive against France, but bad weather forced repeated postponements until the spring of 1940. -
Invasion of Finland
The Soviet Union invades Finland, initiating the so-called Winter War. The Finns sue for an armistice and have to cede the northern shores of Lake Lagoda and the small Finnish coastline on the Arctic Sea to the Soviet Union. -
Invation of Denmark and Norway
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9. -
Starting of the Blitzrieg and conquer of Lxemburg
Germany attacks western Europe, France and the neutral Low Countries. Luxembourg is occupied in this date. -
Netherlands surrenders
With the consecuence of the Blitzrieg, Johannes Blaskowitz surrenders in Holland -
Belgium surrenders
Belgium surrenders in the hands of the Germans -
Italy enters in the war
They enter in the war as a consecuence of signing a treaty with Germany -
Ocupation of the Baltic states
The Soviet Union occupied the Baltic States, later they anexeed them as Soviet Republics -
Invation of the south of France
Italy invaded France declaring the war both France and United kingdom. -
Armistice treaty
France signs an armistice agreement by which the Germans occupy the northern half of the country and the entire Atlantic coastline. In southern France, a collaborationist regime with its capital in Vichy is established. -
The Soviet Union forces Romania
The Soviet Union forces Romania to cede the eastern province of Bessarabia and the northern half of Bukovina to the Soviet Ukraine. -
Battle of Britain
Ther was an air war known as the Battle of Britain. -
Germany and Italy arbitrate a decision
They arbitrate on the division of the disputed province of Transylvania between Romania and Hungary. The abdication of the King Carol, brings to power a dictatorship under General Ion Antonescu. -
Invation of Egipt
The Italian forces of Lybia invaded the British forces of Egypt -
The Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign this pact to formalise the Axis Powers. The Tripartite Pact stipulated that any country, with the exception of the Soviet Union, not in the war which attacked any Axis Power would be forced to go to war against all three. The Axis expanded in November 1940 when Hungary, Slovakia and Romania joined the Tripartite Pact -
Invation of Greece
Italy invaded Greece from the Albanians. -
Ending of an air war
The Battle of Britain ended with the defeat of the Nazi Germany -
Hungary in the Axis
Hungary joined to the Axis dude for the pressure of the Italians -
Romania joined the Axis
Romania became part of the Axis. -
Slovakia in the Axis
Slovakia joined in the Axis Power -
Bulgaria in the Axis
Bulgaria joined the Axis because of the pression of the Germans. -
Independence of Croatia
The leaders of the terrorist movement of Ustasa proclaimed theIndependent State of Croatia. They were recognised by Germany and Italy, and gained the new state of Bosnia-Herzegovina. -
Yugoslavia surrended
Germany, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria started to invade Yugoslavia in the early April, it´s consecuence was the surrending of Yugoslavia -
Croatia formed part of the Axis
Croatia joined the Axis -
Starting of the invation of the Soviet Union
The Axis, except Bulgaria invadedthe Soviet Union. The invation started with the joining of Finland to the Axis because of the territorial losses by the Soviets.Germany occupied Smolensk by August. Later the Germans occupied the Baltic States and attacked Lenningrad, (St.Petersburg) by september with the Finns.In this month the Germany and Romanian troopscaptured Kiev. After they captured Mooscow by October and finally they conquered Rostov on the Don River in November. -
The first battle of Kiev
This battle was part of the invasion of the Soviet Union operation leading by the Germans. It was part of the operation of Barbarossa. -
Starting of the massive counter-offensive by the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union attacked the Germans from the suburbs of Moscow and forced them to move the west. -
Bombs in Pearl Harbour
It was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii. -
War declaration
The United States declared the war to Japan entering in the II World War. Japanese troops arrived in Philippines, in French Indochina and in British Singapore. These would led to the conflict with Germany and the Axis too. -
Bombs in Köln
The British bomb Köln, this was the first time that the war reached Germany. These woul lead to more bombs by the Unite States, causing rubble in the urban Germany. All the buildings collapsed except the cathedral of Köln. -
Starting of the Battle of Stalingrad
The Germans and the Axis fought against the Soviet Union for the control of Stalingrad, in the south of Russia. It was the major battle in the II World War. -
British troops in Egypt
The British troops defeated the Germans and the Italians at El Alamein, in Egypt. Tis caused a retreat of the Axis across Lybia to the eastern border of Tunisia. -
Arrival of the USA and the British troops
They arraived at several points of the Moroccan and the Hungarian coasts -
The conquer of the south of France
The Allies moved towards the border of Tunisia and force the German troops to leave the south of France -
Ending of the Battle of Stalingrad
This battle finished with the surrending of the Axis, because of the lack of food and resources -
Ending of the north afican campaign
The Axis surrender by the Allies and lost their campaigns in the north of Africa. The Allies used this territory to lunch attacks to Italy. -
Battle of Kursk
The Germans made a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union. The Soviets attacked at one point in the German offensive line during one week, and began an offensive movement against the Germans. -
Arrive in Sicily
The US and the British troops arraived in Sicily. In the middle of August, they controlled Sicily. -
Changes in the Italian government
The government of Italy deposed Benito Mussolini, and established a government with marshal Pietro Badogolio as the head of the government. -
The surrending of Italy
The Badoglio government surrender by the Allies. As a consecuence, Germany seized control of Rome and established a Fascist government under the ruling of Mussolini -
Arriving in Salerno
Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples. They fought there to occupie the beach of Salerno. -
The freeing of Mussolini
The Germans freed Benito Mussolini who was imprisoned, to rule the Fascist dictatorship of Italy. -
The liberation of Kiev
The Soviet Union liberated Kiev in the second battle of Kiev, in which the Red Army defeted the German troops. -
Arriving in Anzio
The Allies arrived succesfully in Anzio, in the south of Rome. They fought against the Germans in the battle of Anzio, where they won. -
Occupation of Hungary
The Germans fearing Hungary’s intention to desert the Axis partnership, they occupy Hungary and compel the regent with admiral Miklos Horthy as a pro-German minister president -
Liberation of Rome
Within six weeks, Anglo-American bombers could hit targets in eastern Germany for the first time and they could seiz the power of Rome. -
The Normandy Landings
These were the Allied landing invasion of Normandy. This operation began with the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, this led to the liberation of France from Nazi control, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war. -
Offensive in Byelorussia
The Soviets lunched an offensive to Byelorussia, destroying the German Army Group Center and driving westward to Vistula River across Warsaw. This attack was known as the operation Bagration. -
Arival in Normandy
The Anglo-American forces arrived at Normandy and went to Paris -
The rise of the Home Army
The non-communist Home Army raised against the Germans before the Soviets arrived in Warsaw, to liberate Warsaw -
Arriving in Nice
Allies forces arrived in Nice, France and advanced rapidly towards the Rhine River -
Romanian opposition
The appearance of Soviet troops on the Prut River induces the Romanian opposition to overthrow the Antonescu regime. The new government concludes an armistice and immediately switches sides in the war. The Romanian turnaround compels Bulgaria to surrender and the Germans to evacuate Greece, Albania, and southern Yugoslavia in October -
Liberation of Paris
The French troops with the Allies reached the capital of France, and defeated the Germans. Later they reached the deffensive line of the German forces, incluiding the borders of Belgium. -
Slovak resistance rising
underground Slovak resistance units rise against the Germans and the indigenous fascist Slovak regime, because the regime was under the leadership of the Slovak National Council, consisting of both Communists and non-Communists -
A cold armistice
Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union, leaving the Axis partnership -
Surrending of the Home Army
The Germans accepted this surrender by the rising Home Army Forces in Warsaw. -
Hungary gained the support from Germany
The Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross movement carries out a coup d’état (of help) with German support to prevent the Hungarian government from pursuing negotiations for surrender to the Soviets -
Landing in Philippines
US troops landed in Philippines, to fight against Japan. -
Capture of Banská Bystrica
The Germans capture Banská Bystrica, the headquarters of the uprising, and put an end to organized resistance. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border. By 15 days later, the Germans are in retreat -
New launch from the Soviets
They liberated Warsaw and Krakow, they captured Budapest one day later, they drived the Germans and their Hungarian collaborators out of Hungary in early April, they forced the surrender of Slovakia with the capture of Bratislava, and they captured Vienna in the same month -
US at Remagen
US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen, to fight in the west of Germany, and to participate in the battle of Berlin -
Soviet fainal launch
They surrounded all Berlín. This was an important part of the Battle of Berlin, because this movement meant the defeatinf of Germany -
Hitler suicided
Viewing their defeating by the Soviets, Hitler decided to suicide with his family members for not beeing tortured. -
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Okinawa, the last island
Allied troops conquer Okinawa, the last Japanese island that the Allies needed to conquer -
Germany surrender
Germany surrender to the west Allies troops, because in part they received the new of Hitlerand because the Allies were stronger. -
The end to the Germans
Germany surrender to the Soviet Union as a consecuences of the debasting Battle of Berlin, and because the Soviets were becoming stronger. -
The Hiroshima bomb
United States dropped an uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy)on Hiroshima. This bomb with the Nagashaki bomb were the main reason of the remaining of the atomic bombs. -
The conquer of Manchuria.
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria. This was because Japan refesed the obligtions from the Soviet Union -
Atomic bomb in Nagashaki
It was a plutonium implosion-type bomb (Fat Man) on the city of Nagasaki. It occurred because Japan refused the obligations of the United States. -
End of the II World War
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender, Japan formally surrenders, bringing the end of the war.
