WWII Timeline By jayden.riches.00 Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland. Read MoreGermany invades Poland. Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades eastern Poland. Sep 21, 1939 The ‘Phoney War’ Nov 30, 1939 Soviet Union invades Finland. Apr 9, 1940 Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway. May 10, 1940 Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. May 10, 1940 British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Winston Churchill. Read More Jun 14, 1940 German army enters Paris. Read More Jul 10, 1940 Start of Battle of Britain Read More Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact. Read More Mar 30, 1941 German Afrika Korps begins offensive in N. Africa. Apr 13, 1941 Soviets and Japanese sign neutrality pact. Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union. Read More Nov 25, 1941 Germans attack Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union. Dec 7, 1941 Japanese declare war on USA. Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Read More Dec 8, 1941 Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan. Feb 15, 1942 Singapore falls to Japanese. Read More Feb 19, 1942 Darwin bombed by the Japanese Read More Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway between Japan and the USA Read More Jul 10, 1942 Australians fight the Japanese at Kokoda Read More Oct 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein begins, in which allied troops led by Australians defeat the Germans. Jan 31, 1943 German surrender at Stalingrad. May 12, 1943 Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa. Read More Jul 10, 1943 Allied landings in Sicily. Jul 25, 1943 Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown. Sep 3, 1943 Italy signs armistice. Jan 6, 1944 Soviets advance into Poland. Jun 4, 1944 Rome captured by Allies. Jun 6, 1944 Operation Overlord (D-Day) - Allied invasion of Normandy. Read More Jul 20, 1944 German assassination attempt on Hitler fails. Aug 25, 1944 Allies liberate Paris. Nov 4, 1944 Surrender of Axis forces in Greece. Nov 24, 1944 French capture Strasbourg. Dec 16, 1944 German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins. Read More Jan 26, 1945 Soviets liberate Auschwitz. Read More Feb 19, 1945 US landings on Iwo Jima. Read More Apr 23, 1945 Soviets enter Berlin. Read More Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini captured by partisans and executed. Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. May 7, 1945 German unconditional surrender. Read More Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Read More Aug 14, 1945 Japanese surrender. Read more:
