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1939
Spet. 1- Germany invades Poland; France and Britain give Hitler an ultamatum
Sept. 3- On Hitler's orders a battleship was blown off Montevideo, Urguguay
Dec. 17- Limited activity on Western Front -
1940
May 10- Nazis invade Belgium, Luxemburg, and Netherlands; Churchill becomes Britains prime minister when Chamberlain resigns
May 12- Germans cross French Frontier
May 26-Jun.3- about 335,000 allied soldiers rescued from Belgium by British (Dunkerque evacuation)
Jun. 10- Italy invades France when declares war on them and Britain
June. 14- Germans enter Paris
Jun. 22- Germany and France sign armistice at Compiegne
Nov. 14- Coventry, England bombed by Nazis -
1941
Apr. 17- Yugoslavia surrenders; Germans launch attack in Balkans
Apr. 27- Tanks of Nazis enter Athens; remnants of British army quit Greece
Jun. 22- Hitler attacks Russia
Aug. 14- FDR and Churchill agree on war aims(Atlantic Charter)
Dec. 7- Japanese attacks Pearl Harbor; Guam forces US into war
Dec. 11- US and Britain declare war on Japan; Germany and Italy declare war on US -
1942
Feb. 15- British surrender Singapore to Japanese
Feb. 19- Roosevelt orders any Japanese of Japanese-Americans to be exiled to "relocation centers" until the war ends
Apr. 9- Philippines surrender to US on Bataan Peninsula
May 6- US and Filipino troops surrender to Japanese on Corregidor island
Jun. 10- Nazis raze Lidice, Czechoslovakia
Nov. 8- Britain and US land in French North Africa -
1943
Jan. 14-24- Churchill and FDR agree on unconditional surrender goal(Casablanca Conference)
Feb. 1-2- At Stalingrad, German 6th army surrenders
May 12- War ends in Africa, remnants of Nazis found on Cape Bon
Jul. 25- Mussolini deposed; Badoglio named premier
Sep. 8- After conquest of Sicily, allied troops land on Italy mainland
Nov. 22-26- Korea is freed, FDR, Churchill, Chian Kai-shek pledge defeat of Japan(Cairo Conf.)
Nov. 28-Dec.1- FDR, Churchill, Stalin agree on invasion plans(Tehran Conf.) -
1944
Jan. 22- Britain and US land on Italy and hold beachfront
Jun. 4- US and Britain enter Rome
Jun. 6- Allies launch normandy invasion(D-Day)
Jul. 20- Bomb plot wounds Hitler
Aug. 25- Paris liberated
Oct. 13- Allies free Athens
Oct. 20- Philippines invaded by Americans
Dec. 16- Germans launch counteroffensive in Belgium(Battle of the Bulge)
