World War 2 History

By castrigg749

  • 1933 January 30

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.

  • 1936 October 25

    Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.

  • 1938 September 1

    Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.

  • 1940 April 9 to June 9

    Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.

  • 1940 May 30

    Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

  • 1940 July 10 -

    Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.

  • 1941 June 22

    Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops.

  • 1944 June 6

    D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.

  • 1944 August 25

    Paris is liberated from German control.

  • 1945 April 30

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

  • 1945 May 7

    Germany surrenders to the Allies.