World War 2

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany Invades Poland

Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.

Sep 3, 1939

Soviet Union invades eastern Poland

Sep 17, 1939

The ‘Phoney War’

Period: Sep 22, 1939 to Mar 22, 1940

Soviet Union invades Finland

Nov 30, 1939

Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway

Apr 6, 1940

Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg

May 10, 1940

British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Winston Churchill.

May 10, 1940

Churchill Becomes Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain

German army enters Paris

Jun 14, 1940

German Enters Paris

Start of Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Battle of Britain

Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact.

Sep 27, 1940

The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan

German Afrika Korps begins offensive in North Africa.

Mar 30, 1941

Soviets and Japanese sign neutrality pact

Apr 13, 1941

Germany invades Soviet Union.

Jun 22, 1941

The Occupation of the Soviet Union

Germans attack Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union

Nov 25, 1941

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

Dec 7, 1941

History of Pearl Harbour

Japanese declare war on USA

Dec 7, 1941

Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

Singapore falls to Japanese.

Feb 15, 1942

Singapore Falls to Japan

Darwin bombed by the Japanese

Feb 19, 1942

Japanese Bombing of DarwinThe Bombing of Darwin

Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA

Jun 4, 1942

Battle of MidwayBattle of Midway

Australians fight the Japanese at Kokoda

Period: Jul 22, 1942 to Jan 22, 1943

Australians fight the Japanese at KokodaAustralians fight the Japanese at Kokoda

Battle of El Alamein begins, in which allied troops led by Australians defeat the Germans.

Oct 23, 1942

German surrender at Stalingrad.

Jan 31, 1943

Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa

May 12, 1943

Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa

Allied landings in Sicily

Jul 10, 1943

Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown.

Jul 25, 1943

Italy signs armistice.

Sep 3, 1943

Soviets advance into Poland.

Jan 6, 1944

Rome captured by Allies.

Jun 4, 1944

Operation Overlord (D-Day) - Allied invasion of Normandy.

Jun 6, 1944

Operation Overload (D-Day)

German assassination attempt on Hitler fails.

Jul 20, 1944

Allies liberate Paris

Aug 25, 1944

Surrender of Axis forces in Greece.

Nov 4, 1944

French capture Strasbourg.

Nov 24, 1944

German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins.

Dec 16, 1944

Battle of the Bulge

Soviets liberate Auschwitz

Jan 26, 1945

Soviets Liberate Auschwitz

US landings on Iwo Jima.

Feb 19, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima

Soviets enter Berlin.

Apr 23, 1945

Soviets enter Berlin.

Mussolini captured by partisans and executed.

Apr 28, 1945

Hitler commits suicide.

Apr 30, 1945

German unconditional surrender

May 7, 1945

German unconditinal surrender

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Aug 6, 1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Japanese surrender

Aug 14, 1945

Japanese Surrenders