The Main Events of WWII By Thomas Muir Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Sep 3, 1939 First battleship sunk by German U-boats - Battle of the Atlantic begins Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland Sep 27, 1939 Poland capital Warsaw pledges loyalty to Germany and Poland split equally between Soviet Union and Germany May 10, 1940 BEF placed along Belgium-German border Jun 4, 1940 Allied forces at Dunkirk all evacuated Jun 10, 1940 Campaign in Northern Africa begins - fighting in Libya mainly Jun 14, 1940 German soldiers enter Paris Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Sep 15, 1940 The Battle of Britain Sep 7, 1940 The London Blitz Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy and Japan sign pact Oct 28, 1940 Italien forces invade Mediteranean including Greece and Malta Mar 27, 1941 Royal Navy sink the Bismarck Period: Jun 22, 1941 to Apr 27, 1945 Germany invades The Soviet Union - Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Japanese surprise attack of Pearl Harbour - Pacific war begins May 31, 1942 Japanese attack Sydney (Australia) Sep 23, 1942 USA begins work on the Manhattan Project Feb 2, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad May 13, 1943 Germans and Italians surrender in Northern Africa Jul 25, 1943 Mussolini quits being Italian dictator Sep 8, 1943 Italy surrenders just 5 days after Allies invade mainland Italy Jan 27, 1944 Siege of Leningrad ends after 900 days of starvation Jun 5, 1944 Rome is Liberated Jun 6, 1944 D-Day marks start of Allied come back Aug 25, 1944 Paris is Liberated from German rule Sep 17, 1944 Airborne invasion of The Netherlands begins Jan 27, 1945 Auchwitz Concentration camp Liberated Apr 21, 1945 Red Army (Soviets) approach outskirts of Berlin Apr 27, 1945 Americans and Soviets meet in the middle of Berlin Apr 28, 1945 Italian Partisans kill Mussolini May 1, 1945 Germany anounce Hitler is dead May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders May 8, 1945 End of war in Europe Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb hits Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Second atomic bomb hits Nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 Allied Nations celebrate the end of the war Sep 2, 1945 Japan finally surrenders Oct 24, 1945 United Nations is formed
