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Invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent was the beginning of WW2 in Europe.
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Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch, a bomb explodes just after Hitler was finished giving a speech
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Red Army crosses the Soviet-Finnish border with 465,000 men and 1,000 aircraft. Helskinki was bombed, and 61 Finns were kiled in an air raid that steeled the Finns for resistance.
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German warships entered major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troop and occupying Norway, At the same time, German forces occupied Copenhagen.
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On this day the German Air Force bomb Paris which killed over 250 people, who were mostly civilians
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On this day the Japanese air force bomed the American base and cause the involvemnt of the U.S. in the war.
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On this day the U.S. declares war on Japanese and joins the Allied powers
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Almost 1,000 English civilians were killed in the bombing. The attacks were nicknamed Baedeker Raids
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This was a major battle of WW2. Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
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The last of the German forces who were fighting at Stalingrad surrendered. Despite the fact that Hitler said surrendering is out of the question.
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Himmler orders liquidation of all jewish ghettos
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The U.S. 7th Army moved quickly along the north coast, capturing Palermo, the Sicilian capital.
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The battles ended with the evacuation of the Crimea by the Germans. The Germans and Romans both suffered loses during the evacuation
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The day the Allied poweers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normady, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during WW2
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Was the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during WW2. It was also the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army.
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The Germans launched and offensive attack against the Soviet forces in Hungary.
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The Soviets raced to reach Berlin for diplomatic issues with their allies the U.S.
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Mussolini was captured and hanged by Italian partisans
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On this day Hitler the leader of the Nazi party committed suicide.
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This day marked the formal accepance by the allies of WW2 of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
