world war 2 timeline By msm217449@gnspes.ca Nov 30, 1936 winter war between USSR and finland. war ends when finland cedes border lands to the USSR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War#:~:text=Hostilities%20ceased%20in%20March%201940,the%20country's%20international%20reputation%20suffered. Oct 28, 1938 italy invades greece 1939 battle of atlantic Aug 23, 1939 Germany and the soviet union USSR sign the nazi-soviet pact Sep 3, 1939 Great britan anf france declare war on germany Sep 17, 1939 USSR attacks poland from the east. poland soon falls and is divided between the germans and russians 1940 slovakia, hungary, romania join the axis powers Apr 9, 1940 germany invades and captures denmark and norway May 10, 1940 Germany attacks western Europe luxemberg Netherlands, belguimand nothern france Jun 10, 1940 italy joins the war and on june 27 invades southern france Jun 14, 1940 USSR gains control over the baltic states estonia latvia lithuania) Jul 10, 1940 battle of britain Sep 27, 1940 Germany italy and japan sign the tripartite pact Sep 30, 1940 italy invades british controlled egypt 1941 German afrika korps are sent to North africa to reinforce the italians Mar 4, 1941 Bulgaria joins the axis powers Jun 22, 1941 germany joned by axis allies anf finland attack the USSR Dec 7, 1941 the japanese launch a suprise attack on the U.S. naval base n pearl harbor hawaii Dec 8, 1941 the united states declares war on japan. germany and italy soon declare war on the united states Dec 8, 1941 the japanese gain control over the philipines, french indochina, and signapore Apr 9, 1942 the bataan death march begings as the imperial japanese army forces filipino and the american prisoners of war to march 60 tortured-filled miles https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/battle-bataan-death-march May 4, 1942 battle of coral sea Jul 3, 1942 the battle of midway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AP0Jx23qsM Aug 7, 1942 the battle of guadalcanal Aug 23, 1942 battle of starlingrad Oct 23, 1942 2nd battle of alamein Aug 23, 1943 the battle of bulge Sep 3, 1943 italy surrenders unconditionally Jun 6, 1944 operation overload D-day https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/world-war-ii-d-day-invasion-normandy#:~:text=The%20D%2DDay%20operation%20of,the%20beaches%20of%20Normandy%2C%20France. Feb 4, 1945 yalta conference Feb 19, 1945 Battle of lwo jima Mar 8, 1945 V-E day Apr 1, 1945 battle of okinawa Apr 28, 1945 mussolini is executed Apr 30, 1945 hitler commits suicied Jul 17, 1945 potsdam conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v_CapsWAO8 Aug 6, 1945 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 V-J day Apr 12, 2024 FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes president Jul 27, 2024 1st battle of El Alamein Aug 25, 2024 paris is liberated Sep 1, 2024 Germany attacks poland
