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Beginning of the Second World War
Germany invaded Poland and thus began World War II. In response, Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland in 1939 was a significant event that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. Nazi Germany, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, launched a full-scale military invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. The invasion led to the defeat of Poland and subsequent occupation by Nazi Germany. -
El blitz
During 1940 and 1941, the UK experienced an intensive bombing campaign by the German Luftwaffe, known as the Blitz. Major British cities, such as London, Coventry and Liverpool, were targeted, causing significant damage to property and loss of life. -
The German occupation of France
In June 1940, Germany completed its invasion of France, leading to the German occupation of the country. The French government capitulated and a collaborationist regime was formed in the unoccupied zone known as Vichy. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and some of its allies, which began on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. The aim was to conquer the Soviet Union, decimate the population, exploit the country and in the more distant future colonise it. -
US entry into World War II
The sinking of the battleships at Pearl Harbor was the casus belli for the United States to officially enter the global conflict, with the Pacific Ocean initially being the main theatre of its military objectives. -
The Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a naval battle between Japan and Allied forces, mainly from the United States Navy, fought in May 1942 in the Coral Sea. It was one of the key battles of the Asian Theatre in World War II and marked the first failure of a Japanese offensive. Tactically, the battle was a victory for the Japanese. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major confrontation between the Red Army of the Soviet Union and the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and its Axis allies for control of the Soviet city of Stalingrad, now Volgograd. Operation Blue, as the German campaign in the south of the Soviet Union was called, aimed first to capture strong points on the Volga and then to advance into the Caucasus. -
The Battle of Kursk
It was a major armed confrontation fought between July and August 1943 in the region of the same name in the Soviet Union during World War II. The Battle of Kursk spelled the end for a Nazi Germany whose plan to take over the Soviet Union was halted by the Allied invasion of Sicily. -
The Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a meeting that took place between 28 November and 1 December 1943 between the Allied leaders Yossif Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The main decisions taken at the Tehran Conference were as follows: A commitment by the United Kingdom and the United States to begin the invasion of France within the next few months. An agreement on the partition of Germany the moment Hitler's regime was finally defeated. -
The Battle of Normandy
The Battle of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord, was the Allied military operation during World War II that culminated in the liberation of the territories of Western Europe occupied by Nazi Germany. The landings on the Normandy coast marked the beginning of a campaign that would lead to Allied victory in Europe in May 1945. -
Operation Bagration
Operation Bagration was the codename for the Red Army's major general offensive to destroy the German Group of Central Armies during the summer of 1944. Intended as a true campaign of annihilation, Operation Bagration aimed to break the German lines in the central zone of the Eastern Front, envelop as many enemy forces as possible and destroy them. The end result exceeded the most optimistic forecasts. It was a massacre. -
The Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin was the last major battle in Europe during World War II. It began on 16 April 1945 after the start of a major Soviet Union offensive on the city. It was a decisive Soviet victory.
Surrender of Berlin, the capital of the German Reich. -
End of World War II
9 August 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on 14 August 1945, Japan formally surrenders and World War II ends.