-
Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Germany invades Poland. This causes Poland's allies, Britain and France to declare war on Germany. -
Premier of the Soviet Union at the time, Joseph Stalin invaded eastern Poland. Weeks later Warsaw surrendered to Hitler and Stalin and Poland's land was divided up between the leaders. -
Germany invades Norway ending a 6-month period of time called "The Phoney War'' or "The Twilight War" where close to nothing happened. -
The Dunkirk Evacuation was an operation to evacuated allied soldiers from the beaches and harbours of Dunkirk in northern France
-
The Battle of Britain was the successful defence of Great Britain against air raids by the German air force after the fall of France.
-
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union. The failure of the German Troops' defeat was a turning point in the war
-
The Pearl Harbour attack was the air force strike by the Japanese on Honolulu, Hawaii. After this Attack America Declare war and join the battle -
The Battle Of Coral Sea Turned The Tide Against Japan's Push For Pacific Domination. The battle was fought between Japan against the US and Australia.
-
The US get a victory against Japan in a air-sea battle after defending a major base in the Midway Island.
-
The Normandy Landings was where the Allies made the largest seaborne invasion in History. This invasion laid the foundation of the Allies victory on the Western front. -
This was the last German Military offence on the Western Front.
-
On the 4th, leader Adolf Hitler commits suicide in sensing the defeat of the Nazis. On the 5th Germany surrenders to the Allies.
-
America drops the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan and killing over 66,000 people. -
The US dropp another atomic bomb but this time on the city of Nagasaki killing over 39,000 people