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Hitler: Man of the Year
Time magazine puts Hitler for the title without showing his face on the magazine, on the 1938 Man of the year edition. -
Roosevelt Writes Hitler and Mussolini
President FDR writes letters to both Adolf Hitler and Mussolini, requesting for them to promise not to attack a list of nations for at least ten years. Hitler responds on behalf of the Italian leader and himself, assuring Roosevelt that he had nothing to fear. -
Stalin and Hitler Sign Nonaggression Pact
Shortly before WWII breaks out in Europe, Germany and the Soviet Union agree to a nonaggression pact. This meant the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next ten years. This pact also left the Soviets free to strengthen their western frontier, and Hitler free to attack Poland. -
Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty
Britain and France signed a series of military agreements with Poland that had specific promises. The leaders of Poland understood very clearly that they had no chance against Germany alone. The French promised the Poles in May 1939 that in the event of German aggression against Poland would launch an offensive against the Germans. This promise was sealed in a solemn treaty signed between Poland and France. -
Germany invades Poland
German troops invade Poland on the ground while Hitler's air force bombs Polish cities from the sky. German-Soviet Pact of August 1939, which marked that Poland between the two powers, it didn't let Germany attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
Britain and France Declare War
Britain and France declare war on Germany honoring their commitment to Poland. As Germany invades Poland, the two allies declare war on Germany. The two countries gave Germany a chance to withdraw, however Hitler refused to respond. -
Rationing begins in Britain
Books which contained coupons that shopkeepers cut out or signed when people bought food and other items.
People still had to pay for the goods with money.To make sure that everybody got a fair share. The government was worried that as food and other items became scarcer, prices would rise and poorer people might not be able to afford things. There was also a danger that some people might hoard items, leaving none for others. -
Italians invade Egypt
Italy had occupied Libya since 1912,“expansion.” Mussolini began sending tens of thousands of Italians to Libya, mostly farmers and other rural workers, to relieve overpopulation concerns. So by the time of the outbreak of the Second World War, Italy had enjoyed a long presence in North Africa, and Mussolini began dreaming of expanding that presence, always with an eye toward the same territories the old “Roman Empire” had counted among its conquests. Chief among these was Egypt -
Italy invades Greece
Mussolini’s army, already occupying Albania, invaded Greece which will prove to be a disastrous military campaign for the Duce’s forces.Mussolini surprised everyone with this move against Greece, even his ally, Adolf Hitler, was caught off-guard, especially since the Duce had led Hitler to believe he had no such intention. Hitler denounced the move as a huge strategic blunder. -
Roosevelt Reelected for Third Term
In the presidential election, Democrats break with the two-term tradition and reelect Franklin D. Roosevelt for a third term. Republicans nominate Wendell L. Willkie. However, Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Wendell L. Willkie by nearly 5 million popular votes during this election. -
Germany Invades Soviet Union
Germany invades the Soviet Union violating the Nonaggression Pact. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson estimates that it will take Hitler less than three months to conquer the Soviet Union.the Soviet Union by military force, the permanent elimination of the perceived Communist threat to Germany, and the seizure of prime land within Soviet borders for long-term German settlement had been core policy of the Nazi movement since the 1920s. -
Heavy German bombing of London; British bomb Hamburg.
According to Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister for Propaganda, the bombing of Hamburg was the first time that he thought Nazi Germany Might have to call for peace. Hitler’s Germany still believed that they were going to be victorious in the war – primarily because of the propaganda they were fed and the punishment handed out to those labelled ‘defeatist’. -
Roosevelt Warns Japanese
President Franklin D. Roosevelt warns the Japanese government to claim all the aggression toward neighboring countries or else face United States forces. -
Battle of Midway
After the attack on Peal Harbor, Japanese armies rolled over Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and the East Indies. The war in the Pacific was fought on land, sea, and air. June, 1942 at the Battle of Midway. In a four day battle fought between aircraft based on giant aircraft carriers, the U.S. destroyed hundreds of Japanese planes and regained control of the Pacific. The Japanese continued to fight on, even after the war in Europe ended. -
Soviet troops take Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk. in the Soviet Union during July and August 1943. The German offensive was code-named Operation Citadel and led to a huge clash. -
Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders in Munich
Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie, the leaders of the German youth group Weisse Rose, are arrested by the Gestapo for opposing the Nazi regime. The White Rose was composed of university students who spoke out against Adolf Hitler and his regime. -
Italy Surrenders
The Italian government officially surrenders to the Allied powers. Still German forces occupy much of Italy. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies. Germany reacted with Operation Axis, the Allies with Operation Avalanche. -
Soviet troops advance into Poland
The Soviet invasion of Poland was a Soviet military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939. On that morning, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east. The invasion and battle lasted for the following 20 days and ended on 6 October 1939 with the two-way division and annexation of the entire territory of the Second Polish Republic by both Germany and the Soviet Union. -
D-Day
The D-Day was code for June 6 1945, it was when General Dwight Eisenhower led U.S. and Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France. The armies fought through France and Belgium and into Germany, meanwhile Russian troops fought from the east. On May 7, 1944, At the end Germany surrendered. http://www.solpass.org/7ss/standards/MajorEvents.htm -
D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.
when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target.
