Chamberlain resigns as Britain's prime minister; Churchhill take over
Germans cross French frontier
using air/tank/infantry “Blitzkrieg” tactics. Dunkerque evacuation > about 335,000 out of 400,000 Allied soldiers rescued from Belgium by British civilian and naval craft
Italy declares war on France and Britain; invades France
Nazi tanks enter Athens; remnants of British Army quit Greece Read more: World War II (1939–1945) — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html#ixzz1Iwpvv4tV
Hitler attacks Russia
Atlantic Charter—FDR and Churchill agree on war aims
Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Guam force U.S. into war; U.S. Pacific fleet crippled
U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.; Congress declares war on those countries
British surrender Singapore to Japanese
Roosevelt orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in western U.S. to be exiled to “relocation centers,” many for the remainder of the war
U.S. forces on Bataan peninsula in Philippines surrender
U.S. and Filipino troops on Corregidor island in Manila Bay surrender to Japanese Read more: World War II (1939–1945) — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html#ixzz1JDxXjDs3
Village of Lidice in Czechoslovakia razed by Nazis
U.S. and Britain land in French North Africa
Casablanca Conference—Churchill and FDR agree on unconditional surrender goal
U.S. and British troops land at Anzio on west Italian coast and hold beachhead
German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad—turning point of war in RussiaRead more: World War II (1939–1945) — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html#ixzz1JDz65jRl
Remnants of Nazis trapped on Cape Bon, ending war in Africa
U.S. and British troops enter Rome
D-Day—Allies launch Normandy invasion
Hitler wounded in bomb plot
Mussolini deposed; Badoglio named premier
Paris liberated
Allied troops land on Italian mainland after conquest of Sicily
Italy surrenders
Nazis seize Rome
Athens freed by Allies
Americans invade Philippines
Cairo Conference: FDR, Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek pledge defeat of Japan, free Korea
Tehran Conference: FDR, Churchill, Stalin agree on invasion plans
Germans launch counteroffensive in Belgium—Battle of the Bulge
U.S. and British troops land at Anzio on west Italian coast and hold beachhead
U.S. and British troops enter Rome
D-Day—Allies launch Normandy invasion
Hitler wounded in bomb plot
Paris liberated
Athens freed by Allies
Americans invade Philippines
Germans launch counteroffensive in Belgium—Battle of the Bulge
Yalta Agreement signed by FDR, Churchill, Stalin—establishes basis for occupation of Germany, returns to Soviet Union lands taken by Germany and Japan; USSR agrees to friendship pact with China
Mussolini killed at Lake Como
Admiral Doenitz takes command in Germany; suicide of Hitler announced
Berlin falls
Germany signs unconditional surrender terms at Rheims
Allies declare V-E Day
Stalin establish council of foreign ministers to prepare peace treaties; plan German postwar government and reparations
