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2nd World War starts
Global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.It was the most widespread war in history -
Great Britain and France against Germany
Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east
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Warsaw surrenders.Germany and the USSR divide polan between them
Warsaw surrenders on September 27. The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them. -
winter war
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. -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9. -
surrender of Netherlands and Belgium
Germany attacks western Europe—France and the neutral Low Countries. Luxembourg is occupied on May 10; the Netherlands surrenders on May 14; and Belgium surrenders on May 28. On June 22, 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. -
Italy comes into the war
Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21. -
Soviet Union occupies the Baltic States
The Soviet Union occupies the Baltic States on June 14–18, engineering Communist coup d’états in each of them on July 14–15, and then annexing them as Soviet Republics on August 3–6. -
Soviet Union gains romanian territories to the soviet ukraine
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 ends with the defeat of Nazi Germany
The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany. -
Second Vienna Award and loss of northern Transylvania forces
Second Vienna Award: Germany and Italy arbitrate a decision on the division of the disputed province of Transylvania between Romania and Hungary. The loss of northern Transylvania forces Romanian King Carol to abdicate in favor of his son, Michael, and brings to power a dictatorship under General Ion Antonescu. -
Italians invade British-controlled Egypt
The Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya. -
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Adolf Hitler, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburō Kurusu. It was a defensive military alliance that was eventually joined by Hungary -
Italy invades Greece from Albania on October 28.
Mussolini’s army, already occupying Albania, invades Greece in what will prove to be a disastrous military campaign for the Duce’s forces. -
Hungary joins the axis
fter the Italo-Greek front opened on October 28, 1940, German pressure on Hungary and the Balkan States intensified. Hoping for preferential economic treatment, mindful of recent German support for annexation of northern Transylvania, and eager for future Axis support for acquiring the remainder of Transylvania, Hungary joined the Axis on November 20, 1940 -
Romania joins the axis
On this day in 1940, Romania signs the Tripartite Pact, officially allying itself with Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Slovakia joins the axis
Though nominally independent, Slovakia was highly dependent on Nazi Germany after the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. In November 1940, Slovakia joined the Axis when its leaders signed the Tripartite Pact. -
The Germans send the Afrika Korps to North Africa
The Germans send the Afrika Korps to North Africa to reinforce the faltering Italians. -
Bulgaria joins the Axis.
In early March 1941, Bulgaria joined the Axis alliance and, in April 1941, participated in the German-led attack on Yugoslavia and Greece. In return, Bulgaria received German authorization to occupy most of Greek Thrace, Yugoslav Macedonia, and Pirot County in eastern Serbia. -
Germany,Italy,Hungary and Bulgary invade Jugoslavia
Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invade and dismember Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia surrenders on April 17. Germany and Bulgaria invade Greece in support of the Italians. Resistance in Greece ceases in early June 1941. -
Leaders of Ustasa proclaims Croatia
The leaders of the terrorist Ustasa movement proclaim the so-called Independent State of Croatia. Recognized immediately by Germany and Italy, the new state includes the province of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croatia joins the Axis powers formally on June 15, 1941. -
Germany invate the SO
june 22 1941–November 1941
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners (except Bulgaria) invade the Soviet Union. Finland, seeking redress for the territorial losses in the armistice concluding the Winter War, joins the Axis just before the invasion. The Germans quickly overrun the Baltic States and, joined by the Finns, lay siege to Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by September. In the center, the Germans capture Smolensk in early August and drive on Moscow by October. In the south, German and Romanian troop -
A Soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans from the Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat.
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December 7, 1941Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
Japan launches a surprise attack on the United States Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, severely damaging the fleet. The attack prevents, at least for the short term, serious American interference with Japanese military operations. -
The United States declares war on Japan
The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation. -
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States
On December 11, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States as the military conflict widened. -
Anglo-American bombing reduces urban Germany to rubble.
the British Royal Air Force carried out a raid on the German city of Cologne with a thousand bombers, for the first time bringing war home to Germany. For the next three years, Allied air forces systematically bombed industrial plants and cities all over the Reich, reducing much of urban Germany to rubble by 1945. -
Germany and her Axis partners launch a new offensive in the Soviet Union.
June 28, 1942–September 1942
German troops fight their way into Stalingrad (Volgograd) on the Volga River by mid-September and penetrate deep into the Caucasus after securing the Crimean Peninsula. -
British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
the most decisive naval battle of World War II was fought between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Pacific Fleet near tiny Midway Atoll. Victory or defeat depended heavily on the dive bombers, torpedo planes, and fighters that attacked the enemy's forces. But, as with other decisive naval battles, commanders' decisions and luck played large roles in determining the winner and the scope of the victory. -
August–November 1942 US troops halt the Japanese island-hopping advance towards Australia at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
After the Battle of Midway, the United States launched a counter-offensive strike known as "island-hopping," establishing a line of overlapping island bases, as well as air control. The idea was to capture certain key islands, one after another, until Japan came within range of American bombers. Led by General Douglas MacArthur, -
GB defeats Germany and Italy in Egypt
British troops defeat the Germans and Italians at El Alamein in Egypt, sending the Axis forces in chaotic retreat across Libya to the eastern border of Tunisia. -
US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in French North Africa.
The failure of the Vichy French troops to defend against the invasion enables the Allies to move swiftly to the western border of Tunisia, and triggers the German occupation of southern France on November 11. -
Soviet troops counterattack
breaking through the Hungarian and Romanian lines northwest and southwest of Stalingrad and trapping the German Sixth Army in the city. Forbidden by Hitler to retreat or try to break out of the Soviet ring, the survivors of the Sixth Army surrender on January 30 and February 2, 1943. -
Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
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Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union
The Soviets blunt the attack within a week and begin an offensive initiative of their own. -
US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.
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The Fascist Grand Council deposes Benito Mussolini
...enabling Italian marshall Pietro Badoglio to form a new government. -
Germans immediately seize control of Rome and northern Italy,
September 8, 1943
The Badoglio government surrenders unconditionally to the Allies. The Germans immediately seize control of Rome and northern Italy, establishing a puppet Fascist regime under Mussolini, who is freed from imprisonment by German commandos on September 12. -
Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples.
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Soviet troops liberate Kiev.
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Allied troops land successfully near Anzio, just south of Rome.
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Germans occupy Hungary
March 19, 1944
Fearing Hungary’s intention to desert the Axis partnership, the Germans occupy Hungary and compel the regent, Admiral Miklos Horthy, to appoint a pro-German minister president. -
liberance of Rome
Allied troops liberate Rome. Within six weeks, Anglo-American bombers could hit targets in eastern Germany for the first time. -
British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
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The Soviets launch a massive offensive in eastern Byelorussia
The Soviets launch a massive offensive in eastern Byelorussia (Belarus), destroying the German Army Group Center and driving westward to the Vistula River across from Warsaw in central Poland by August 1. -
July 25, 1944Anglo-American forces break out of the Normandy beachhead and race eastward towards Paris.
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non-communist rises up against the german
August 1, 1944–October 5, 1944
The non-communist underground Home Army rises up against the Germans in an effort to liberate Warsaw before the arrival of Soviet troops. The Soviet advance halts on the east bank of the Vistula. On October 5, the Germans accept the surrender of the remnants of the Home Army forces fighting in Warsaw. -
Allied forces land in southern France near Nice and advance rapidly towards the Rhine River to the northeast.
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Allied troops reach Paris.
On August 25, Free French forces, supported by Allied troops, enter the French capital. By September, the Allies reach the German border; by December, virtually all of France, most of Belgium, and part of the southern Netherlands are liberated. -
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 on September 8, and the Germans to evacuate Greece, Albania, and southern Yugoslavia in October. -
underground Slovak resistance units rise against the Germans and the indigenous fascist Slovak regime.
August 29, 1944–October 28, 1944
Under the leadership of the Slovak National Council, consisting of both Communists and non-Communists, underground Slovak resistance units rise against the Germans and the indigenous fascist Slovak regime. In late October, the Germans capture Banská Bystrica, the headquarters of the uprising, and put an end to organized resistance. -
Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union, leaving the Axis partnership.
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October 15, 1944The Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross movement carries out a coup d’état with German support to prevent the Hungarian government from pursuing negotiations for surrender to the Soviets.
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US troops land in the Philippines.
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Battle of the Bulge,
December 16, 1944
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 January 1, 1945, the Germans are in retreat. -
he Soviets launch a new offensive
liberating Warsaw and Krakow in January, capturing Budapest after a two-month siege on February 13, driving the Germans and their Hungarian collaborators out of Hungary in early April, forcing the surrender of Slovakia with the capture of Bratislava on April 4, and capturing Vienna on April 13. -
US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
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partisan units capture Zagreb
Partisan units, led by Yugoslav Communist leader Josip Tito, capture Zagreb and topple the Ustasa regime. The top Ustasa leaders flee to Italy and Austria. -
Hitler commits suicide.
He shot himself !!! -
Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
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Germany surrenders to the Soviets.
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Allied troops conquer Okinawa, the last island stop before the Japanese islands.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.