Ww2

World War Two Important Events Timeline

By carrieunderwood202

  • Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier meet in Munich.

    They come to an agreement that Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudeten areas to Germany

  • The Hitler-Stalin Pact is signed

    A non-agression act between the Soviet Union and Germany. It also divides up Poland east and west for Germany and the Soviets

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades polish soil.

  • Great Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war

    Those countries declare war on Germany.

  • The Soviets Attack Eastern Poland

    The Soviets march into the east half of Poland, left for them by Hitler in the Hilter-Stalin Pact.

  • Surrender Of Warsaw

    The Polish were defeated after just days of figthing.

  • German troops occupy Denmark and Norway

    The German troops advanced into Denmark and Norway.

  • Germany attacks Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and France

    The Germans started the advance into these countries.

  • Evacuation from Dunkirk.

    Hundreds of soldiers were evacuated across the English Channel into England when the Germans advanced swiftly.

  • Belgium surrenders to Germany

    The Belguins were defeated by the German army.

  • Italy declares war on Britain and France.

    Italy is now at war with the enemies of Germany.

  • German army enters Paris.

    The Germany army had reached the capital city, Paris.

  • France signs armistice with Germany.

    A ceasefire between France and Germany.

  • Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.

    The Germans began their assult on Greece and Yugoslavia.

  • Germans capture Athens.

    The city of Athens is captured.

  • Operation Barbarossa - Germany invades Soviet Union.

    The Germans begin the attack on their "Allie" The Soviet Union.
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    German attacks On The Soviet Union

    This is a period where the Germans and the Soviets fought over Soviet territory. Germany Captured the cities of, Minsk, Smolensk, Novogrod, Kiev, Kharkov, Kursk, and Rostov. The Soviets Moved their government to Kuibyshev.

  • Germans attack Moscow.

    The Germans Begin their attack on The city of Moscow.

  • Germans halt attack on Moscow.

    The Germans halt their attack on the city of Moscow.

  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

    The Japanese attacked the military base of Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. The Japanese Declare war on the United States.

  • Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan.

  • Germany and Italy declare war on the US.

  • Japanese capture Hong Kong.

    The Japanese captured the colony of Hong Kong from the Canadian troops stationed there.

  • Soviets recapture Kiev

  • Singapore falls to Japanese.

  • Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.

  • Battle of El Alamein begins

  • German surrender at Stalingrad

  • Soviets re-capture Kursk.

  • Soviets re-capture Rostov.

  • Soviets re-capture Kharkov.

  • German Army re-takes Kharkov.

  • Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa.

  • Operation Husky - Allied landings in Sicily.

  • Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown.

  • Soviets re-capture Kharkov.

  • Italy signs armistice

  • Germans occupy Rome

  • Mussolini declares Fascist government in Northern Italy.

  • Official Italian Government declares war on Germany

  • Rome captured by Allies

  • Operation Neptune/Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day)

  • Soviets re-capture Minsk.

  • German assassination attempt on Hitler fails

  • Allies liberate Florence.

  • Operation Anvil - Allied landings in South of France.

  • Allies liberate Paris

  • Germans abandon Bulgaria.

  • Antwerp/Brussels liberated

  • Athens liberated

  • Liberation of Belgrade

  • Surrender of Axis forces in Greece.

  • Soviets capture Warsaw.

  • Japanese retreat to Chinese coast.

  • The Soviet Army liberates the concentration camp Auschwitz

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    Allied bomb raids destroy Dresden.

  • US President Roosevelt dies - Truman becomes President.

  • Soviets capture Vienna

  • Soviets enter Berlin.

  • Mussolini captured by partisans and executed.

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • German forces in Italy surrender.

  • German forces in Holland, Denmark and N W Germany surrender

  • German unconditional surrender.

  • VE Day declared.

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

  • Japanese surrender.

  • VJ Day declared.

  • Japanese surrender in Hong Kong.