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Beginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland
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Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
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First Polish Ghetto established in Piotrkow
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Jews in German-occupied Poland forced to wear an arm band or yellow star
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Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France
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Germany and France signed an armistice in the forest of compiègne
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Battle of Britain begins
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German authorities begin rounding up Polish Jews for transfer to Warsaw Ghetto
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Germany attacks Yugoslavia and Greece, occupation follows
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
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United States declares war on Japan and Germany
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Extermination by gas begins in Sobibor killing center
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British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
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Deportation of Jews from Germany, Greece and Norway to killing center; Jewish partisan movement organized in forest near Lublin
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Warsaw Ghetto revolt begins as Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 inhabitants
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
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The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union.
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Germany occupies Hungary
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D-Day allied invasion at Normandy
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Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union, leaving the Axis partnership.
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Hitler commits suicide, liberation of Ravensbruck
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V-E Day, Germany surrenders end of third Reich
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Japan surrenders; end of World War II
