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German Anschluss with Austria?
Hitler went ahead with his plans to unify all German speaking people. He annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler Chamberlain Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
despite the assurances given by hitler in the treaty of munich he marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country. -
Britain rearms and reassures poland
Britain had begun re-arming and a highly secret radar early warning system was installed along the east coast conscription was introduced and assurances were given to Poland who was being threatened by the fuhrer -
Russia and Germany sign pact?
Hitler and Stalin signed a non aggression pact which included secret clauses for the division of Poland -
Phoney war
the months following Britain's declaration of war are referred to as the phoney war because Britain saw no military action -
Hitler invades poland
Adolf Hitler invaded Poland -
Britain and France declare war on
Britain and France declared war on Germany -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler invades and occupied Denmark and Norway to safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore and also to establish a Norwegian base from which to break the British naval blockade on Germany -
British rout italians in N. Africa
Italian forces in north America were routed by the British led by general Wavell -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler launched his blitzkrieg against Holland and Belgium -
Chamberlain resigns
Neville Chamberlain resigned after pressure from labor members for a more active prosecution of the war and Winston Churchill became the new head of the wartime coalition government -
Dunkirk
the british commander in chief general gort had been forced to retreat to the coast at Dunkirk. the troops waited under merciless fire to be taken off the beaches. -
Italy enter war on side of Axis powers
Italy entered the war on the side of the Axis powers -
France signs armistice with germany
the French Marshall Petain signed an armistice with Germany taking France which had been devastated out of the war and into German occupation? -
battle of britain
during July Hitler sent his Luftwaffe bombers to attack British ports -
Tripartite pact
this pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany Italy and japan -
italy and germany attack yugoslavia
German and italic troops attack Yugoslavia Greece and the island of Crete German field Marshall Erwin Rommel led the axis powers back to north America. -
Hitler attack Russia operation Barbarossa
hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks to Russia. The Russians were taken by surprise as they had signed a treaty with Germany in 1939. Stalin immediately signed a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and launched an eastern front battle that would claim 20 million casualties. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese who were already waging war against the Chinese attacked the US pacific fleet at pearl harbor Hawaii as a preliminary to taking British French and Dutch colonies in south east Asia. -
British and US declare war on japan
British and the United States declared war on japan -
Japanse take singapore
the Japanese captured Singapore from the British taking some 60,000 prisoners. -
Battle of Midway
The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the battle of midway. Following this victory the US navy was able to push the Japanese back. -
Allies in N. Africa
General Alexander was given a hard written directive from Churchill ordering that his main directive was to be the destruction of the German Italian army commanded by field Marshall Rommel together with all its supplies and establishments in Egypt and Libya. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the battle of Stalingrad. -
Allies push into N. Africa
British and America forces under the command of general Dwight Eisenhower landed in the NW of Africa and assumed control of French Morocco and Algeria -
Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery attacked the German Italian army in north Africa with a massive bombardment followed by an armored attack. -
Axis invade Sicily
British and US forces invade Sicily -
Allies meet at tehran
Stalin Roosevelt and Churchill met to co ordinate plans for a simultaneous squeeze on Germany. -
Italy Surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA -
Lenigrad relieved
The siege of Leningrad was lifted by the soviet army. -
Rome liberated
although Italy had surrendered in September it was only now that the allies were able to liberate Rome from the Germans. -
Japanese evicted from Burma
British forces under general slim with help from guerrelia fighting chindits led by orde wingate evicted the japanese from burma. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of belgium. However they were beaten back by the allies. -
D Day
The allies launched an attack on germany's forces in normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general eisenhower to the normandy beaches. -
Paris liberated
The french capital of paris was liberated from the germans. -
V2 Flying Bombs
the first V2 flying bombs killed three people in london. -
Allies cross the River
The allies crossed the rhine white Soviet forces were approching Berlin from the East. -
Death of Roosevelt
President roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman. -
Russians reach Berlin
The Russains reached Berlin shortly before the US forces -
Mussolini captured and executed
Italin partisans captured Mussolini and executed him. -
Hitler commits suicide
The German leader Adolf Hitler commited suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress,Eva Braun who he had at the last minute made his wife. -
German forces Surrender
German forces in italy surrendered to the Allies. -
German forces surrender
German forces in north west Germany, Holland and Denmark surrendered to Montgomery on Luneburg Health. Admiral Donitz Whom Hitler had nominated as his successor tried to reach agreement to surrender to the Western allies but to continue to fight the russians his report was refused. -
Donitz offers unconditional surrender
Hitlers successor admiral Donitz offered an uncoditianal surrender to the allies. -
V.E. Day
Victory in Europe was Celebrated. -
Churchill loses election
Winston Churchill lost the election to Clement Atlee's Labour party. The Labour party promised sweeping social reforms including nationlism of the coal and railway industries and the creation of a welfare state. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The japanese generals refused to surrender the US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima. -
Russia declares war on japan
Russia declared war on japan ond invaded japanese ruled manchuria. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of nagasaki as the japanese had not surrendered following Hiroshima. -
Japanese Surrendered
The japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war. -
MacArthur accepts Japan's surrender
US General McArthur accepted Japans surrender thus formally ending the second World war.