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Nazi's invade Poland. By Jack.
The attack comes without any warning or declaration of war. Britain and France have mobilised their forces and are preparing to wage war on Germany for the second time this century. Just before dawn today, German tanks, infantry and cavalry penetrated Polish territory on several fronts with five armies, a total of 1.5 million troops. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany.By Jordan.
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago.
At 1115 BST the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the British deadline for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland had expired. He said the British ambassador to Berlin had handed a final note to the German government this morning saying unless it announced plans to withdraw from Poland by 1100, a state of war would exist between the two countries. -
Solviets attack Poland. By Jordan.
For the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1920, see Polish-Soviet War.
Soviet invasion of Poland
Part of the invasion of Poland in World War II Soviet forces marching through Poland in 1939.
Date 17 September – 6 October 1939
Location Poland
Result Decisive Soviet victory
Territorial
changes Polish territory divided and annexed -
Pearl Harbour. By Jack.
The attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AIby the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) and the Battle of Pearl Harbor) was a surprise military strike -
Battle of Hong Kong, By Jordan Lyons.
Britain had first thought of Japan as a threat with the ending of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in the early 1920s, a threat which increased with the expansion of the Sino-Japanese War. On 21 October 1938 the Japanese occupied Canton and Hong Kong was effectively surrounded. -
Italy and Germany declare war on the US. By Jack.
Germany and Italy have announced they are at war with the United States. America immediately responded by declaring war on the two Axis powers. -
Dieppe Raid. By Jordan.
Dieppe Raid
Part of the North West Europe Campaign Dieppe's chert beach and cliff immediately following the raid on 19 August 1942. A Dingo Scout Car has been abandoned.
Date 19 August 1942
Location Dieppe, France
Result German victory Belligerents
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Polish Forces in the West Germany
Commanders and leaders
Louis Mountbatten
J. H. Rob -
Dieppe Raid, By Jordan.
The Dieppe Raid, also known as the Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter and, later, Operation Jubilee, was a Second World War Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe. The raid took place on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942. The assault began at 5:00 a.m. and by 10:50 a.m. the Allied commanders were forced to call a retreat. Over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by limited Royal Navy and large Royal Air Force contingents. -
Stalingrad. By Jack.
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
Allied invasion on Italy, By Jordan.
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied landing on mainland Italy on September 3, 1943, by General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising Lieutenant General Mark Clark's U.S. Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army) during the Second World War. -
Battle of Ortona, By Jordan.
The Canadians faced elements of the renowned German 1st Parachute Division. These soldiers were battle-hardened after many years of war, and were ordered by Adolf Hitler to defend Ortona at any cost. -
D-Day. By Jordan.
The best known D-Day is June 6, 1944 — the day of the Normandy landings — initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. However, many other invasions and operations had a designated D-Day, both before and after that operation.[2] The terms D-Day and H-Hour are used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. They designate the day and hour of the operation when the day and hour have not yet been dete -
Hitler survives assasination attempt. By Jordan.
Adolf Hitler has escaped death after a bomb exploded at 1242 local time at his headquarters in Rastenberg, East Prussia.
