WWII Timeline with "Number the Stars"

By jamesfarner

  • Christian X becomes king

    Christian X of Denmark becomes king today after his father died from shortness of breath.
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    King Christian X reign

    During this time, King Christian X rules Denmark
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    German Rule

  • Denmark surrenders to Germany

  • Germany invades France, Belgium, and Netherlands

  • France surrenders to Germany

  • Germany Invades Soviet Union

  • De Frie Danske first published

  • Jewish New Year

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, USA

  • Doolittle raid on Japan

  • The Battle of Midway begins

  • Germany surrenders at Soviet Union

  • Italy surrenders

  • Fishermen ferry Jews

    The Danes organized a nationwide effort to smuggle the Jews by sea to neutral Sweden today.

  • Jews relocated

    On this day, the Nazis planned to round up and deport all of Denmark's Jewish citizens.
  • D-day

    D-day

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt dies

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

  • Germans soldiers leave Denmark

  • US drops A-bomb #1

    US drops A-bomb #1

    The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
  • US drops A-bomb #2

    US drops A-bomb #2

    The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan