The Second World War- The War Begins Timeline

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  • Germany invades Poland.

  • France, Britain, New Zealand and Austria blame the war started by Germany.

  • All of Canada announced they believed it was Germanys fault the war started.

  • Period: to

    1939

  • Soviet Union attacks eastern Poland.

  • Warsaw put up the white flag…

  • Soviet Union invades Finland.

  • Finland agrees to a peace treaty with Soviet Union.

  • Germany starts working of Denmark and invades Norway.

  • Germany invades Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland.

  • Holland surrenders to Germany.

  • The British cleared the expeditionary force from Dunkirk.

  • Belgium surrenders to Germany.

  • Capitulation of Norway

  • Italy comes to conclusion war on France and Britian.

  • Germany army arrives in Paris.

  • Soviet Union attacks Baltic states.

  • France signs armistice with Germany

  • Germany starts working on the Channel Islands.

  • Battle of Britian begins.

  • Petain becomes leader of French Vichy Government.

  • Italy begins working in Britian Somaliland.

  • Italy invades Egypt.

  • Germany, Japan and Italy sign Tripartite Pact.

  • German Army goes to Rumania.

  • Italy invades Greece.

  • Greek army resists Italians back into Albania.

  • Italy's 9th army was overpowered by the Greeks.

  • British capture Sidi Barrani, Egypt, from Italians.

  • British recapture Sollum, Egypt.

  • Period: to

    1941

  • Australians capture Bardia, Libya.

  • Australians and the British capture Torbruk.

  • Australians and the British capture Benghazi.

  • British capture Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland.

  • Bulgaria joins Axis.

  • Yugoslavia signs Tripartite Pact.

  • Yogosalv government is defeated, therefore leaves Pact.

  • German Afrika Korps start offensive in North Africa.

  • Germans capture Benghazi.

  • Germany attacks Greece and Yugoslavia.

  • Germas take Zagreb.

  • Japanese and Soviets sign neutrality pact.

  • Yogosalv army surrenders to Germans.

  • Germans capture Thessalonika.

  • Germans capture Athens.

  • Germans take Sollum.

  • British recapture Halfaya and Sollum.

  • German airbones attack of Crete.

  • British forces in Crete lost,

  • Operation Barbarossa: Germany attacks Soviet Union.

  • Italy, Rumania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Finland declare war on Soviet.

  • German Army Captures Minsk.

  • Germans capture Smolensk, and Novogrod.

  • Siege of Leningrad begins

  • Soviet moves government to Kuibyshev.

  • Germans capture Kursk, Rostov, and attack Moscow.

  • Germans hold the attack on Moscow

  • Japenses attack on Pearl. declare war on U.S.A. and invade Siam and Malaya.

  • Germany decalres war on USA,

  • Japanese capture Hong Kong and Britsh recapture Benghazi.

  • Period: to

    1942

  • Japanses capture Manila and Kuala Lumpur.

  • German surrender at Stalingrad.

  • Singapore falls to Japenses.

  • Axis surreender forces in North America.

  • Battle of Midway, four Japanese carriers sunk.

  • Allies captured Rome

  • Operations Neptune, Allies invasion of Normandy.

  • Sevastopol falls to Germans.

  • Operation Husky, allied landings in Sicily.

  • Mussolini's Fascist governement was defeated.

  • Operation Anvil, In South France, Allied landings

  • In Paris, Allies liberate.

  • Italy signs armistice.

  • Battle of el Alamein starts.

  • Warsaw was captured b Soviets

  • US landings on 2 Jima.

  • US President Roosevelt dies, Truman replaces him.

  • Vienna is captured by Soviets

  • Soviets arrive at Berlin

  • Partisans captured Mussolini.

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • German forces surrender in Italy.

  • German forces in Holland, Denmark and North West Germany surrender.

  • German unconditional surrender.

  • VE Day comfired

  • Bomb in Hiroshima.

  • Japanese surrender