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Hitler went ahead with his plan to unify all German-speaking peoples. He annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people.
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Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have Sudetanland of Czechoslovakia. The Czechs were not represented in the meeting. Knowing no one would come to their aid, they were forced to surrender Sudetanland to Germany. Chamberlain returned to England with a piece of paper signed by Hitler declaring, 'peace in our time'.
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Despite the agreement under the Treaty, Hitler invades Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler and Stalin signed a Non-Aggression Pact which included several claims for the division of Poland.
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Adolf Hitler invaded Poland.
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While Britain was re-arming, they installed a highly secret radar warning system. Conscription and assurance was given to Poland. Fuhrer was threatening Poland.
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The months after Britain's declaration of war are referred to as the 'Phoney War" because no actual military action was taken.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany. Neville Chamberlain announced the country was at war.
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In North Africa, Italian soldiers were routed by General Wavell who led the British.
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Italian forces were routed by the British in North Africa led by General Wavell.
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Hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway as safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore. It was also used to break the British naval blockade on Germany.
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Hitler launched his "Lightening War" against Holland and Belgium. Both countries were occupied. Rotterdam was bombed.
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Pressure from labour members and more prosecution caused Chamberlain to resign. Winston Churchill became the head of wartime coalition government.
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The British commander-in-chief, General Gort, was forced to retreat. A call went out to all "sea-worthy" vessels to take the troops off the beaches. More than 338,000 men were rescued.
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Italy's hope for entering the war was the hope for rich pickings and spoils.
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The French, Marshall Petain, signed and armistice with Germany taking France out of the war and under Germany.
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The battle consisted of four stages: 1.During July, Hitler sent his bombers to attack British ports.
2.During August, the attacks on ships continued but bombing was concentrated on RAF airfields.
3.The Blitz- From September 7th, the city of London was heavily bombed. Hitler was trying to destroy the moral of the British.
4.Night Bombing- With the failure of daylight bombing, Hitler ordered a series of night bombings. The RAF defended the skies and by October 31st, the raids ceased. -
This, signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan, was a pact of mutual alliance.
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Both troops attacked Yugoslavia, Greece and the island of Crete. Marshal Erwin Rommel led the Axis powers back to North Africa.
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The Russians were taken by surprise when Hitler ordered 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks to Russia despite a peace treaty they had signed. Stalin immediately signed an assistance treaty with Britain and the US aided since they had been helping Britain by supplying them.
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The Japanese attacked the US Pacific fleet here to weaken them
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Britain and US declared was on Japan.
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Japanese captured Singapore from Britain taking over 60,000 prisoners.
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The US defeat Japanese navy and was able to push them back.
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General Alexander was given orders to be the destruction of the German-Italian army. As soon as supplies had been acquired, Alexander handed the campaign over to Montgomery.
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Russians won their first victory against Germany.
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British-American soldiers are under the command of Dwight D. Eisenhower. They gradually closed in on the Germans.
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British and US forces invaded Sicily.
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The allied troops had won the island of Sicily.
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Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met to co-ordinate plans for a lead on Germany. They also discussed war settlements.
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British and American forces managed to defeat Axis powers.
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Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the allied troops.
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It was only then that the allies were able to liberate Rome despite Italy surrendering in September.
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British forces evicted Japanese from Burma.
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Germany launched its final defense through Belgium. However, the allies pushed them back and resisted.
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The siege of Leningrad was lifted by the Soviet army.
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The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead.
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The first of these bombs killed 3 people in London.
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The French capitol was liberated from the Germans.
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Russians reach Berlin shortly before US.
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The Allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the East.
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President Roosevelt died; he was succeeded by President Truman.
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Italian partisans captured Mussolini and executed him.
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The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter with his wife, Eva Braun.
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Without a leader, German forces decide to surrender.
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Victory in Europe was celebrated.
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Japanese generals refuse to surrender, so US dropped a bomb to teach them a lesson.,
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Russia declared war on Japan then invaded.
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US dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki since Japanese did not surrender after Hiroshima.
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Japan decided to surrender and MacArthur accepts it, ending the war.