World War II

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    WW2

  • Benito Mussolini describes alliance.

    Benito Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis".

  • Anti-Comintern Pact

    The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other, mainly fascist, governments) on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the Third (Communist) International.

  • Munich Agreement

    The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, excluding the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Germany.

  • Sudetenland Medal

    Sudetenland Medal was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded in the interwar period. The medal was awarded to all German (and as well Sudeten) State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht and SS who marched into Sudetenland.

  • The Hitler-Stalin Pact

    Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies.

  • Invasion of Poland

    The Invasion of Poland was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Free City of Danzig, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent, that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany

  • Soviet invasion of Poland

    The Soviet invasion of Poland was a Soviet military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939. On that morning, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east.

  • German invasion of Denmark

    The German invasion of Denmark was the fighting that followed the German army crossing the Danish border on 9 April 1940 by land, sea and air.
    Lasting approximately six hours, the German ground campaign against Denmark was the briefest operation of the Second World War

  • France Surrenders

    General Interest 1940
    France to surrender
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    With Paris fallen and the German conquest of France reaching its conclusion, Marshal Henri Petain replaces Paul Reynaud as prime minister and announces his intention to sign an armistice with the Nazis. The next day, French General Charles de Gaulle, not very well known even to the French, made a broadcast to France from England, urging his countrymen to continue the fight against Germany.

  • Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF) against an onslaught by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) which began at the end of June 1940.

  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which began on 22 June 1941. The operation was driven by Adolf Hitler's ideological desire to conquer Soviet territory as outlined in his 1925 manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle").

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.

  • The United States declares war on Japan

    On this day, as America’s Pacific fleet lay in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt requests, and receives, a declaration of war against Japan.