The US remains neutral but presThe US remains neutral but president Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency".
Russia invades Poland
Russia invades Finland.
Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg.
Miracle of Dunkirk: British and French forces at Dunkirk resist German attack.
Italy declares war on the collapsing France and Belgium.
German soldiers march to Paris.
Russia invades Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
Russia annexes the eastern regions of Romania.
Germany invades the British Channel islands.
Operation Sea Lion : German invasion of Britain air campaign begins.
Italy invades Libya, the North African campaign begins.
Japan joins The Axis.
Spain remains neutral: It rejects Hitler's offer to join the war.
Italy invades Greece from Albania
Hungary and Romania, which were ruled by military dictators, join The Axis.
British forces in Egypt counter attack the Italians.
Hitler sends General Rommel and the Afrika Korps to help the italians in North Africa.
Australian and U.S. army forces under MacArthur fight back the Japanese at Buna in New Guinea
The Casablanca Conference : U.S. and Britain President Roosevelt and Prime minister Winston Churchill agree that Germany must surrender unconditionally. They also plan the Allied invasion of Sicily (Italy)
German troops at Stalingrad surrender to the Soviets. A significant turning point in the war against Germany
Axis forces in North Africa surrender.
Allied troops land in Sicily, Italy (Operation Husky)
The Allies begin bombing Hamburg (Germany)
Benito Mussolini's fascist government is overthrown. The new Italian government tries to make peace.
U.S. troops retake Kiska island in the Aleutians
Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, ends successfully.
German troops occupy Rome. Mussolini declares himself the head of a new fascist Italian government in northern Italy.
British troops land on Italy, beginning the Allied campaign in Italy. American troops do the same. The new Italian government officially surrenders.
The new government of Italy declares war on Germany.
The Teheran Conference : Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet together for the first time
The Teheran Conference: the U.S., Britain, and the USSR . The leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agree that the Western Allies would invade France in June 1944 and that when it began the USSR would attack from East
