World War II

Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

The invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany starts ay 04:45 and by 08:00 German troops launched an attack wihout a formal declaration of war.
Category: war

Norway and Switzerland declare neutrality

Sep 1, 1939

Norway and Switzerland declare neutrality.
Category: war declaration

British Evacuation plans

Sep 1, 1939

The British government declares mobilizations of British Armed Forces and starts the evacuation plans in preparation of German air attacks.
Category: War

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

United Kingdom and France's Ultimatum

Sep 2, 1939

The United Kingdom and France issue a joint ultimatum to Germany requiring that German troops evacuate Poland.
Ireland declares neutrality.
Category: War Declaration

More Countries Declare War

Sep 3, 1939

British, Australia, India, New Zealand, and France declare war on Germany.
Category: War Declaration

SS Athenia torpedoed

Sep 3, 1939

SS Athenia is torpedoed by German submarines which starts the Battle of Atlantic
Category: War

Declaration of War

Sep 4, 1939

Dominon of New Foundland declares war on Germany
Category: War Declaration

Neutrality Patrol

Sep 4, 1939

Japan declares neutrality while the United States launches the neutrality patrol
Category: War Declaration

United States Declaration

Sep 5, 1939

United States declares neutrality
Category: War Declaration

South Africa Declaration

Sep 6, 1939

South Africa declares war on Germany.
Category: War Declaration

Canada Declaration

Sep 10, 1939

Canada declares war on Germany
Category: War Declaration

Soviet Union Invades

Sep 17, 1939

The Soviet Union invades Poland.
Category: War

Movement to Belgian Border

Oct 3, 1939

British forces move to the Belgian Border
Category: War

Hitler Speaks for peace

Oct 6, 1939

Hitler speaks before he Reichstag declaring a desire for a conference with Britain and France to restore peace
Category: declaration

Orders to Invade

Oct 9, 1939

Germany issues orders to prepare for invasion of Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
Category: War

Poland's Military surrenders

Oct 10, 1939

The last of Poland's military surrenders to Germany
Category: War

Decline of Peace

Oct 10, 1939

Britain declines Hitler's offer of peace
Category: War

Start of deportation of Jews

Oct 12, 1939

Adolt Eichmann starts the deportation of Jews from Germany
Category: Religious Discrimination

Air Attack on Britain

Oct 16, 1939

The first air attack on Britain takes place
Category: War

Poland induction and Jewish Ghettos

Oct 19, 1939

Poland is officially inducted into Germany
The first Jewish ghetto is established
Category: Religious Discrimination

Declaration of Neutrality

Oct 27, 1939

Belgium announces their neutrality
Category: War

Neutrality Act

Nov 4, 1939

United States passes the Neutrality Act
Category: War

Star Of David

Nov 23, 1939

Polish Jews ordered to wear Star of David armbands
Category: Religious Discrimination

Declaration in Russo-Finnish quarrel

Dec 7, 1939

Italy, Norway, Sweden and Denmark declare neutrality in the Russo-Finnish Quarrel
Category: War

Canadian Troops arrival

Dec 18, 1939

Canadian Troops arrive in Europe
Category: War

Invasion of Denmark and Norway

Jan 27, 1940

Germany prepares final plans for their invasion of Denmark and Norway
Category: War

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Feb 15, 1940

Hitler declares unrestricted submarine warfare
Category: War

Katyn Massacre

Mar 14, 1940

22,000 Polish officers, policemen, and others were massacred by the Soviet NKVD in the Katyn Massacre
Category: War

First British civilian causalities

Mar 16, 1940

German air raid results in the first British civilian losses
Category: War

Declarations, Invasions, and a New prime minister

May 10, 1940

Germany invads Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Winston Churchill becomes the new prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Belgium declares a state of emergency.
Category: War

Occupation fo Luxembourg

May 11, 1940

Luxembourg is occupied by Germans
Category: War

Dunkirk

May 25, 1940

Allied forces were forced to retreat in Dunkirk
Category: War

Surrender

May 26, 1940

Calais surrenders to Germany
Category: War

Another Surrender

May 28, 1940

Belgium surrenders to Germany
Category: War

Bombing in Paris

Jun 3, 1940

Germans bomb Paris
Category: War

Declaration of War

Jun 10, 1940

Italy declared war on France and The U.K. and Norway surrendered
Category: War

Surrender to Germany

Jun 25, 1940

France surrendered to Germany at 01:35 and 191,870 soldiers and civilians escaped France
Category: War

Surrender to Germany

Jul 2, 1940

Alderney surrendered to Germany
Category: War

Plan to invade U.K.

Jul 16, 1940

Hitler informed his military of the directive for the invasion of U.K.

First boming of Berlin

Aug 26, 1940

Berlin bombed for first time
Category: War

Order to wear stars

Sep 1, 1940

Germany’s jews are ordered to wear yellow stars for identification category: religious discrimiation

Bombing of London

Oct 2, 1940

The bombing of London continues throughout the month
Category: War

Declaration of War

Nov 21, 1940

Belgian government declares war on Italy
Category: War

Plan of invasion of Soviet Union

Dec 18, 1940

Hitler issues to begin planning the invasion of Soviet Union Category: War

Bomb dropped by Bank of England

Jan 11, 1941

In London, 57 people are killed and 69 are injured by a german bomb that landed outside the Bank of England
Category: War

Confrontation of troops

Feb 20, 1941

German and British troops confront each other in North Africa Category: War

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

Roosevelt signs Lend Lease Act
Category: war documents

Evacuation of Greece

Mar 22, 1941

British military and civilians begin to evacuate Greece
Category: War

Athens occupied

Apr 27, 1941

Athens is occupied by German troops
Greece surrenders
Category: War

Bismarck ship sunk

May 27, 1941

German battleship Bismarck is sunk by Royal Navy
Category: War

Consulates ordered to leave United States

Jun 16, 1941

All German and Italian consulates in the US are ordered closed and their staff to leave the country by July 10
category: religious discrimination

Invasion of Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

Germany invades Soviet Union
Category: War

Ponary Massacre

Jul 2, 1941

Ponary massacre was the mass murder of up to 100,000 people by Germans.
Category: War

Oil Emargo

Aug 1, 1941

US announces an oil embargo against “aggressors”
Category: War

Jewish Rules

Oct 1, 1941

All jews under German rule must wear the yellow star of david badge with jew clearly written on it, are forbidden to live with or marry non-jews, forbidden to leave their towns without written consent
category: religious disccrimination

Estonia Occupied

Oct 5, 1941

Germany occupied Estonia
Category: War

US Navy shoot on sight

Oct 11, 1941

FDR orders US navy to shoot on sight if any ship or convoy is threatened
Category: War

Drive on Moscow

Oct 15, 1941

The Germans drive on Moscow
Category: War

Odessa Massacre

Oct 22, 1941

Odessa massacre some 25,000 to 34,000 Jews were shot or burned, or to the murder of well over 100,000 Ukrainian Jews
Category: War

Declaration of War

Dec 6, 1941

UK declared war on Finland
Category: War

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese.

Japan declared war on US
Category: War

Declaration of War

Dec 8, 1941

US, UK, The Netherlands, and New Zealand declare war on Japan Category: War

Declaration of War

Dec 9, 1941

China officially declare war on Japan and Germany
Italy and Australia officially declared war on Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Dec 11, 1941

Germany and Italy declare war on US
US declared war on Germany and Italy
Category: War

Declaration of War

Dec 13, 1941

Bulgaria and Hungary declare war on the US and UK
US and UK reciprocate
Category: War

Hitler is Supreme Commander

Dec 19, 1941

Hitler becomes Supreme Commander in Chief of the German army Category: government

Surrender to Japan

Dec 25, 1941

Hong Kong surrenders to Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Jan 10, 1942

Japan declared war on Netherlands
Category: War

British troops become Japanese prisoners

Jan 19, 1942

Japanese forces take large number of British troops prisoner Category: War

American troops in Samoa

Jan 24, 1942

American troops land in Samoa
Category: War

American forces in Europe

Jan 26, 1942

The first American forces arrive in Europe
Category: War

American Air Corps in UK

Feb 21, 1942

American Air Corps is now firmly established in UK
Category: War

Japanese-American internments established

Feb 25, 1942

Internment of Japanese-American citizens in the western US begins
category: religious discrimination

Capture of Batavia

Mar 5, 1942

Japan captures Batavia
Category: War

Jewish identification of houses

Mar 26, 1942

Jews in Berlin must now clearly identify their houses category: religious discrimination

First Uboat sunk

Apr 14, 1942

USS Roper becomes the first american ship to sink a Uboat Category: War

Supreme Authority given to Germany

Apr 26, 1942

Hitler assumes supreme authority over Germany
Category: government

US arrives in Ireland

May 16, 1942

US first armored division arrives in Northern Ireland
Category: War

Jewish Identification

May 29, 1942

Jews in France are ordered to wear yellow star of david
category: religious discrimination

Reports of gas being used for killing

Jun 1, 1942

First reports of gas being used to kill Jews
Category: War

Declaration of War

Jun 5, 1942

US declared war of Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
Category: War

Eisenhower arrives in London

Jun 24, 1942

Dwight D Eisenhower arrive in London ready for post of commander of American forces in Europe
Category: War

First air mission by the US

Jul 4, 1942

First air mission by the US army air forces in Europe
Category: War

Stalingrad air raid

Aug 23, 1942

Massive German air raid on Stalingrad
Category: War

Bombs dropped on Oregon

Sep 9, 1942

Japanese plane drops more incendiaries on Oregon
Category: War

Orders for soldiers to be executed

Oct 18, 1942

Hitler issues orders ordering all captured soldiers to the executed immediately
Category: War

Operation Torch

Nov 8, 1942

Operation Torch begins
Category: War

Italy bombed by US

Dec 4, 1942

First US bombing of mainland Italy
Category: War

Bombing of Berlin

Jan 16, 1943

Royal Air Force brings a two night bombing of Berlin
Category: War

Warsaw Ghetto uprising

Jan 18, 1943

Warsaw ghetto uprising begins
Category: War

American air raid on Germany

Jan 27, 1943

First all American air raid against Germany
Category: War

Declaration of War

Feb 18, 1943

In a speech, German minister Joseph Goebbels declared total war against the allies
Category: War

Declaration of War

Mar 7, 1943

Bolivia declare war of Germany, Japan, and Italy
Category: War

Krakōw Jewish ghetto liquidated

Mar 13, 1943

German forces liquidate Jewish ghetto in Krakōw
Category: War

Defeat of Germans in Tunisia

Mar 23, 1943

American tanks defeat Germans in Tunisia
Category: War

End of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

May 16, 1943

14,000 Jews killed in end of the warsaw ghetto uprising 40,000 sent to death camp
Category: War

Bombing of Sicily

Jun 17, 1943

Allies bomb Sicily
Category: War

Bombing of Rome

Jul 19, 1943

Allies bomb Rome for the first time
Category: War

Evacuation of Sicily

Aug 11, 1943

German and Italian forces evacuate Sicily
Category: War

Sicily under control of Allies

Aug 17, 1943

Allies control Sicily
Category: War

Berlin evacuation

Sep 3, 1943

Civilians evacuate Berlin
Category: War

Declaration of War

Sep 4, 1943

Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria
Category: War

Declaration of War

Sep 9, 1943

Iran declare war on Germany
Category: War

Escape from Jewish camp

Oct 14, 1943

Half of Jewish prisoners escape Sobibor camp
Category: War

Gypsies are considered same as Jews

Nov 15, 1943

Heinrich Himmler orders that gypsies are on the same levels as jews and placed in concentration camps
category: religious discrimination

Anti-German resistance in Italy

Nov 16, 1943

Anti-German resistance in Italy increase
Category: War

Civilian loss in Bombing

Nov 27, 1943

Huge civilian loss in Berlin as heavy bombing raids continue Category: War

Massacre of Kalavryta

Dec 13, 1943

German soldiers carry out the massacre of Kalavryta
Category: War

Tons of bombs dropped on Berlin

Jan 20, 1944

Royal Air Forces drop 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin
Category: War

Homfreygani Massacre

Jan 30, 1944

Japanese kill 44 suspected spies in the Homfreygani massacre
Category: War

Paris civilians killed in air raid

Mar 21, 1944

Allies air raid on Paris kills a large number of civilians
Category: War

Fosse-Ardeatine massacre

Mar 24, 1944

The Fosse-Ardeatine massacre in Rome, Italy takes place
Category: War

D-Day

Jun 5, 1944

Operation overload: British drop 5,000 tons of bombs on german forces in Normandy
Category: War

Marines in Guam

Jul 21, 1944

US marines land in Guam
Category: War

Resistance begins in Paris

Aug 17, 1944

French resistance begins an uprising in Paris
Category: War

Liberated Paris

Aug 25, 1944

Paris is liberated
Category: War

Bombing of Singapore

Nov 5, 1944

U.S. planes bomb Singapore
Category: War

Bombing of Tokyo

Jan 6, 1945

Americans bomb Tokyo
Category: War

Hitler retreats to bunker

Jan 15, 1945

Hitler enters Berlin bunker with Eva Braun
Category: War

Declaration of War

Feb 1, 1945

Ecuador declares war on Germany and Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Feb 8, 1945

Paraguay declares war on Germany and Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Feb 12, 1945

Peru declares war on Germany and Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Feb 15, 1945

Venezuela declares war on Germany and Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Feb 23, 1945

Turkey declares war on Germany and Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Feb 26, 1945

Syria declares war on Germany and Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Mar 4, 1945

Finland declares war on Germany
Category: War

New US President

Mar 12, 1945

Harry Truman became united states president
Category: government

Germany surrounded

Mar 23, 1945

Germany is under attack from all sides
Category: War

Eisenhower's demands of Germany

Mar 31, 1945

Eisenhower demands German surrender
Category: War

Ceasefire in Italy declared

Apr 19, 1945

All forces in Italy surrender and ceasefire is declared
Category: War

Hitler's suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler and his wife commit suicide
Category: surrender

War-free Italy

May 1, 1945

War in Italy is over
Category: War

Surrender of troops

May 5, 1945

German troops in Netherlands surrender
Category: War

Surrender of Germany

May 7, 1945

Germany surrenders unconditionally to allies at 02:41
Category: War

Victory in Europe Day

May 8, 1945

Victory in Europe day & ceasefire takes effect at 00:01 & Germany surrenders to Soviet Union
Category: War

Retreat of Japan

Jun 16, 1945

Japanese retreat to central China Category: War

Declaraction of War

Jul 6, 1945

Norway declares war on Japan
Category: War

Declaration of War

Jul 14, 1945

Italy declares war on Japan
Category: War

Little Boy Dropped

Aug 6, 1945

First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Category: War

Declaration of War

Aug 8, 1945

Soviet Union declares war on Japan
Category: War

Fat Man dropped

Aug 9, 1945

Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Category: War

Victory over Japan

Aug 15, 1945

Victory over Japan day takes place
Category: War

Declaration on Independence

Aug 17, 1945

Indonesia declares independence from Japan
Category: Declaration

Instrument of Surrender

Sep 2, 1945

Japanese instrument of surrender signed
Category: War

Last troops surrender

Sep 4, 1945

Last of German troops surrender
Category: War