World War II Timeline

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Timeline of WW2
		Timeline of WW2 - Causes of WW2 The Terms of the Treaty of Versailles Polices of Adolf Hitler German treaties with Italy and Japan Failure of Appeasement - Hitler breaks the Munich Agreement Failure of the League of Nations to prevent WW2 WW2 started September 1, 1939 and ended September 2, 1945 Leaders of the Allies were Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill Leaders of the Axis were Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito and Benito Mussolini
	1939	1939 Timeline of WW2 - September - WW2 starts September 1, 1939 1 September 1939 - Germany invaded Poland 3 September - Britain, Australia, New Zealand and France declare war on Germany September 4, 1939 - Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy September 5, 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality September 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany The Battle of the Atlantic begins The Phoney War: The Phoney War of WW2 was period of limited military activity in Europe following the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and before the Battle of France in May 1940
	1940	1940 Timeline of WW2 January - January 8, 1940 - Rationing begins in UK March - March 16, 1940 - Scapa Flow - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland WW2 Timeline April - April 9, 1940 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway WW2 Timeline May 1940 May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister May 15, 1940 - Holland surrenders May 28, 1940 - Belgium surrenders WW2 Timeline June 1940 June 3, 1940 - British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk June 10, 1940 - Italy declares war on Britain and France June 10, 1940 - Norway surrenders June 22, 1940 - France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler tours Paris June 3, 1940 - Dunkirk: Following the fall of France the survivors of the British Expeditionary Force and other allied forces were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo WW2 Timeline July 1940 July 1, 1940 - German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic July 10, 1940 - The Battle of Britain begins WW2 Timeline August 1940 August 23, 1940 - First German air raids on London August 25, 1940 - First British air raid on Berlin WW2 Timeline September 1940 - Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain) is planned by the Germans September 7, 1940 - German Blitz (Blitzkrieg) against Britain begins - London is a key target. Onslaught of German air raids on other major cities in England including Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester September 13, 1940 - Italy invades Egypt September 15, 1940 - Victory for the RAF in the Battle of Britain September 27, 1940 - Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan WW2 Timeline October 1940 - Operation Sea Lion postponed until Spring of 1941 October 7, 1940 - Germany invades Romania October 28, 1940 - Italy invades Greece and Albania WW2 Timeline November 1940 November 20, 1940 - Hungary joins the Axis November 23, 1940 - Romania joins the Axis December 9,1940 - Britain begin a desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians Air raids continue on London
	1941	1941 Timeline of WW2 January - Victory in Tobruk, in North Afrca for Britain and Australia February - February 14, 1941 - First units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in Tripoli, North Africa led by General Rommel March - March 7, 1941 - British forces arrive in Greece WW2 Timeline April 1941 April 6, 1941 - Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia April 17, 1941 - Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany April 27, 1941 - Greece surrenders to Germany WW2 Timeline May 1941 May 15, 1941 - Operation Brevity begins (the British counter-attack in Egypt) May 24, 1941 - Sinking of the British ship Hood by the Bismarck May 27, 1941 - Sinking of the Bismarck by the British Navy WW2 Timeline June 1941 June 8, 1941 - Allies invade Syria and Lebanon June 22, 1941 - Operation Barbarossa - Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins WW2 Timeline July 1941 July 10, 1941 - Germans invade the Ukraine. Mutual Assistance agreement between British and Soviets July 31, 1941 - Instructions given by Hitler and Goring to prepare for the Final Solution WW2 Timeline August 1941 August 20, 1941 - German siege of Leningrad begins WW2 Timeline September 1941 September 3, 1941 - First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz WW2 Timeline October 1941 October 2, 1941 - Operation Typhoon begins and the Germans advance on Moscow WW2 Timeline November 1941 November 13, 1941 - British aircraft carrier Ark Royal is sunk off Gibraltar by a U-boat WW2 Timeline December 1941 7 December, 1941 - Japan makes a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii declaring war on Britain and the United States December 8, 1941 - The United States, led by US president, Franklin D Roosevelt, declares war on the Axis powers December 11, 1941 - Italy and Germany declare war against the US December 25, 1941 - Britain surrenders Hong Kong to Japan
	1942	1942 Timeline of WW2 WW2 Timeline January 1942 January 13, 1942 - Germany launches a U-boat offensive along east coast of USA Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein 20 January, 1942 - Heydrich outlines the 'Final Solution' at Wansee January 26, 1942 - First American forces arrive in Great Britain WW2 Timeline February 1942 2 February 1942 - Japan invades Singapore around 25,000 prisoners taken WW2 Timeline April 1942 Japan captures Bataan leading to the 'Death March' WW2 Timeline May - 1942 May 1942 - German summer offensive begins in the Crimea and against the Gazala Line May 6, 1942 - Surrender of all US forces on Philippines WW2 Timeline June - 1942 June4, 1942 - American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War - 4 Japanese carriers sunk Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins June 21, 1942 - Rommel captures Tobruk WW2 Timeline July - 1942 July 9, 1942 - Germans move towards Stalingrad in the USSR July 22, 1942 - Jews deported from the Warsaw Ghetto to concentration camps WW2 Timeline August - 1942 August 7, 1942 - British General Montgomery takes command of Eighth Army in North Africa August 22nd - Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy WW2 Timeline September - 1942 September 13, 1942 - Battle of Stalingrad begins WW2 Timeline October - 1942 October 23, 1942 - Battle of El Alamein begins WW2 Timeline November - 1942 November 8, 1942 - Operation Torch begins (U.S. invasion of North Africa).
	1943	1943 Timeline of WW2 WW2 Timeline January - 1943 January 10, 1943 - Soviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad January 14th - Casablanca Conference begins President Roosevelt demands "Unconditional Surrender" WW2 Timeline February - 1943 February 2, 1943 - Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat Soviets recapture Kursk, Rostov and Kharkov WW2 Timeline March - 1943 March 2, 1943 - Germans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa and the Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched WW2 Timeline May - 1943 May 13, 1943 - German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa WW2 Timeline July - 1943 Bombing offensives in Germany July10, 1943 - Operation Husky - Allied landings in Sicily WW2 Timeline September - 1943 September 8, 1943 - Italy surrenders to the Allies September 12, 1943 - Germans rescue Mussolini who re-establishes a Fascist government WW2 Timeline October - 1943 October 1, 1943 - Allies enter Naples, Italy October 13, 1943 - Italy declares war on Germany WW2 Timeline November - 1943 Allied leaders meet at Teheran November 6, 1943 - Soviets re-capture Kiev
	1944	1944 Timeline of WW2 WW2 Timeline January - 1944 January 22, 1944- Allied landings in Anzio January 27, 1944 - End of siege of Leningrad February - February 15-18 - Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino WW2 Timeline March - 1944 March 19th - Hungary occupied by German Army WW2 Timeline April - 1944 April 10th - Soviets capture Odessa WW2 Timeline May - 1944 May 12, 1944 - Germans surrender in the Crimea May 25, 1944 - Germans retreat from Anzio WW2 Timeline June - 1944 June 5, 1944 - Allies enter Rome June 6, 1944 - D-Day landings on the northern coast of France - Operation Neptune/Overlord June 27, 1944 - US Army captures Cherbourg WW2 Timeline July - 1944 July 3, 1944 - Soviets re-capture Minsk July 9, 1944 - Allies capture Caen July 20, 1944 - German assassination attempt on Hitler fails July 21, 1944 - US landings on Guam July 25, 1944 - Operation Cobra - Allied breakout from Normandy begins WW2 Timeline August - 1944 August 15, 1944 - Operation Dragoon begins (the Allied invasion of Southern France) August 25, 1944 - Allies liberate Paris August 30, 1944 - Germans abandon Bulgaria August 31, 1944 - Soviets capture Bucharest WW2 Timeline September - 1944 September 22, 1944 - Boulogne liberated September 26, 1944 - Estonia occupied by Soviets September 28, 1944 - Calais liberated WW2 Timeline October - 1944 October 14, 1944 - Athens liberated - Rommel commits suicide October 20, 1944 - Belgrade liberated October 23, 1944 - Soviets enter East Prussia WW2 Timeline November - 1944 November 4, 1944 - Surrender of Axis forces in Greece WW2 Timeline December - 1944 December 16, 1944 - German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins December 26, 1944 - Patton relieves Bastogne
	1945	1945 Timeline of WW2 WW2 Timeline January - 1945 January 1, 1945 - Germans withdraw from Ardennes January 17, 1945 - Soviets capture Warsaw January 26, 1945 - Japanese retreat to Chinese coast and Soviets liberate Auschwitz WW2 Timeline February - 1945 February 4-11, 1945: Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three' Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe February 19, 1945 - US landings on Iwo Jima WW2 Timeline April - 1945 April 1, 1945 - U.S. troops encircle Germans in the Ruhr April 12, 1945 - Allies liberate Buchenwald and Belsen concentration camps April 12, 1945 - President Roosevelt dies and Harry Truman becomes President WW2 Timeline May - 1945 May 8: VE Day - Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin WW2 Timeline July - 1945 July: Potsdam Conference - Germany was officially partitioned into four zones of occupation. WW2 Timeline August - 1945 (see Atomic Timeline) August 6: The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000) August 8: Russia declares war on Japan August 9: The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki in Japan (the 22 kiloton 'Fat Man' bomb killed 70,000 people) August 14 : The Japanese surrender at the end of WW2 August 15: Emperor surrender broadcast - VJ Day WW2 Timeline September - 1945 WW2 ends September 2, 1945

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