Timeline of World War Two By bassalassist Sep 1, 1939 Nazi Germany Invade Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War Two Sep 3, 1939 Britain, Australia, New Zealand and France officially declare war on Germany Sep 10, 1939 Canada enteres the war by declaring war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Germany invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes the British Prime Minister May 15, 1940 Holland Surrenders to Germany May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany Jun 10, 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain Jun 22, 1940 France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler tours Paris Sep 13, 1940 Italy invades Egypt Sep 27, 1940 Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan Germany, Italy and Japan became known as the Axis powers after this alliance pact was signed. Oct 7, 1940 Germany invades Romania Oct 28, 1940 Italy invades Greece and Albania Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia Apr 17, 1941 Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany Apr 27, 1941 Greece surrenders to Germany Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa - Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa - Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins Aug 20, 1941 German siege of Leningrad begins Oct 2, 1941 Operation Typhoon begins and the Germans advance on Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Japan makes a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii declaring war on Britain and the United States Dec 8, 1941 The United States, led by US president, Franklin D Roosevelt, declares war on the Axis powers Dec 11, 1941 Italy and Germany declare war against the US Jan 26, 1942 First American forces arrive in Great Britain Jul 9, 1942 Germans move towards Stalingrad in the USSR Sep 13, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins Jan 10, 1943 Soviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad Feb 2, 1943 Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat Mar 2, 1943 Germans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa and the Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched Jul 10, 1943 Operation Husky - Allied landings in Sicily Sep 8, 1943 Italy surrenders to the Allies Oct 13, 1943 Italy declares war on Germany Jan 27, 1944 End of siege of Leningrad Jun 5, 1944 Allies enter Rome Jun 6, 1944 D-Day landings on the northern coast of France - Operation Neptune/Overlord Jul 25, 1944 Operation Cobra - Allied breakout from Normandy begins Aug 15, 1944 Operation Dragoon begins (the Allied invasion of Southern France) Aug 25, 1944 Allies liberate Paris Nov 4, 1944 Surrender of Axis forces in Greece Dec 16, 1944 German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins Jan 1, 1945 Germans withdraw from Ardennes Jan 17, 1945 Soviets capture Warsaw Feb 19, 1945 US landings on Iwo Jima May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin Aug 6, 1945 The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000) Aug 9, 1945 The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki in Japan (the 22 kiloton 'Fat Man' bomb killed 70,000 people) Aug 14, 1945 The Japanese surrender at the end of WW2 Aug 15, 1945 Victory in Japan Day- VJ Day
