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September 1st - Germany invades Poland.
September 3rd - Britain, France, Australia
and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
September 10th - Canada declares war on
Germany.
September 17th - Soviet Union invades eastern
Poland.
September 27th - Surrender of Warsaw.
November 30th - Soviet Union invades Finland.
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March 12th - Finland signs peace treaty
with Soviet Union.
April 9th - Germany begins occupation of
Denmark and invades Norway.
May 10th - Germany invades Belgium, Holland
and Luxembourg.
May 10th - British Prime Minister, Chamberlain,
resigns, replaced by Churchill.
May 15th - Holland surrenders to Germany.
May 26th - Evacuation of British Expeditionary
Force from Dunkirk.
May 27th - Belgium surrenders to Germany.
June 10th - Capitulation of Norway.
June 10th - Italy declares war on Britain
and France.
June 14th - German army enters Paris.
June 18th - Soviets invade Baltic states.
June 22nd - France signs armistice with
Germany.
June 30th - Germany begins occupation of
Channel Islands.
July 10th - Start of Battle of Britain.
July 11th - Petain becomes head of French
Vichy Government.
August 3rd - Italy begins occupation of
British Somaliland.
September 13th - Italy invades Egypt.
September 27th - Germany, Italy and Japan
sign Tripartite Pact.
October 7th - German army moves into Rumania.
October 28th - Italy invades Greece.
November 14th - Greek army repels Italians
back into Albania.
November 22nd - Italian 9th Army defeated
by Greeks.
December 11th - British capture Sidi Barrani,
Egypt, from Italians.
December 17th - British recapture Sollum,
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January 5th - Australians capture Bardia,
Libya.
January 22nd - British and Australians
capture Torbruk.
February 6th - British and Australians
capture Benghazi.
February 25th - British capture Mogadishu,
Italian Somaliland.
March 1st - Bulgaria joins Axis.
March 25th - Yugoslavia signs Tripartite
Pact.
March 27th - Yogoslav government overthrown
- leaves Pact.
March 30th - German Afrika Korps begins
offensive in N. Africa.
April 4th - Germans capture Benghazi.
April 6th - Germany invades Yugoslavia
and Greece.
April 10th - Germans take Zagreb.
April 12th - Germans occupy Belgrade.
April 13th - Soviets and Japanese sign
neutrality pact.
April 17th - Yugoslav army surrenders to
Germans.
April 22nd - Germans capture Thessalonika.
April 27th - Germans capture Athens.
April 28th - Germans take Sollum.
May 15th - British re-capture Sollum and
Halfaya.
May 20th - German airborne invasion of
Crete.
May 31st - British forces in Crete defeated.
June 8th - Allied forces invade Syria.
June 22nd - Operation Barbarossa - Germany
invades Soviet Union.
June 22nd - Italy and Rumania declare war
on Soviets.
June 23rd - Hungary and Slovakia declare
war on Soviets.
June 26th - Finland declares war on Soviets.
June 28th - German Army captures Minsk.
July 15th - Germans capture Smolensk.
August 16th - Germans capture Novogrod.
September 5th - German army occupies Estonia.
September 15th - Siege of Leningrad starts.
September 19th - Kiev captured by Germans.
October 16th - Soviet Union moves government
to Kuibyshev.
October 24th - Kharkov falls to Germans.
November 3rd - Germans capture Kursk.
November 22nd - Germans captue Rostov.
November 25th - Germans attack Moscow.
December 5th - Germans halt attack on Moscow.
December 7th - Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbour.
December 7th - Japanese declare war on
USA.
December 7th - Japanese invade Siam and
Malaya.
December 8th - Allies (except Soviets)
declare war on Japan.
December 11th - Germany declares war on
USA.
December 25th - Japanese capture Hong Kong.
December 25th - British Re-capture Benghazi.
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January 2nd - Japanese capture Manila.
January 11th - British re-take Sollum.
January 11th - Japanese take Kuala Lumpur.
January 13th - Soviets recapture Kiev.
February 15th - Singapore falls to Japanese.
March 8th - Japanese enter Rangoon.
May 6th - British capture Madagascar.
May 6th - Surrender of all US forces on
Phillipines.
May 28th - Germans defeat Soviets at Kharkov.
June 4th - Battle of Midway - 4 Japanese
carriers sunk.
July 3rd - Sevastopol falls to Germans.
August 22nd - Brazil declares war on Germany
and Italy.
October 23rd - Battle of El Alamein begins.
November 8th - Operation Torch begins -
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January 14th - Casablanca Conference
begins - Roosevelt demands "Unconditional Surrender".
January 28th - British 8th Army captures
Tripoli.
January 31st - German surrender at Stalingrad.
February 8th - Soviets re-capture Kursk.
February 14th - Soviets re-capture Rostov.
February 16th - Soviets re-capture Kharkov.
March 15th - German Army re-takes Kharkov.
May 12th - Surrender of Axis forces in
North Africa.
July 10th - Operation Husky - Allied landings
in Sicily.
July 25th - Mussolini's Italian Fascist
government overthrown.
July 26th - Marshal Badoglio declares martial
law in Italy.
August 23rd - Soviets re-capture Kharkov.
September 3rd - Italy signs armistice.
September 10th - Germans occupy Rome.
September 23rd - Mussolini declares Fascist
government in Northern Italy.
September 25th - Soviets re-take Smolensk.
October 13th - Official Italian Government
declares war on Germany.
November 6th - Soviets re-capture Kiev.
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January 6th - Soviets advance into Poland.
January 22nd - Allied landings in Anzio.
January 27th - End of siege of Leningrad.
March 19th - Hungary occupied by German
Army.
April 10th - Soviets capture Odessa.
May 9th - Sevastopol falls to Soviets.
June 4th - Rome captured by Allies.
June 6th - Operation Neptune/Overlord -
Allied invasion of Normandy.
June 27th - US Army captures Cherbourg.
July 3rd - Soviets re-capture Minsk.
July 7th - Japanese defeat on Saipan.
July 9th - Allies capture Caen.
July 20th - German assassination attempt
on Hitler fails.
July 21st - US landings on Guam.
July 25th - Beginning of Operation Cobra
- Allied breakout from Normandy.
July 28th - Soviets take Brest-Litovsk.
August 4th - Allies liberate Florence.
August 15th - Operation Anvil - Allied
landings in South of France.
August 25th - Allies liberate Paris.
August 28th - Liberation of Marseilles/Toulon.
August 30th - Germans abandon Bulgaria.
August 31st - Soviets capture Bucharest.
September 2nd - Pisa liberated.
September 3rd - Antwerp/Brussels liberated.
September 5th - Soviets declare war on
Bulgaria.
September 12th - Le Havre liberated.
September 17th - Operation Market Garden
- failed airborne assault in Holland.
September 22nd - Boulogne liberated.
September 26th - Estonia occupied by Soviets.
September 28th - Liberation of Calais.
October 1st - Soviets enter Yugoslavia.
October 4th - Allies land in Greece.
October 14th - Athens liberated.
October 20th - Liberation of Belgrade.
October 21st - Allies capture Aachen.
October 23rd - Soviets enter East Prussia.
November 4th - Surrender of Axis forces
in Greece.
November 24th - French capture Strasbourg.
December 16th - German attack through Ardennes
- Battle of the Bulge begins.
December 26th - US troops hold Bastogne
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January 1st - Germans withdraw from Ardennes.
January 16th - German Ardennes "Bulge"
eliminated.
January 17th - Soviets capture Warsaw.
January 26th - Japanese retreat to Chinese
coast.
January 26th - Soviets liberate Auschwitz.
February 2nd - Trier captured by Allies.
February 4th - Manila falls to Allies.
February 17th - Koblenz falls to Allies.
February 19th - Japanese evacuate Mandalay.
February 19th - US landings on Iwo Jima.
February 20th - Saarbrucken captured by
Allies.
February 23rd - Poznan falls to Soviets.
February 20th - Danzig captured by Soviets.
April 1st - US invades Okinawa.
April 10th - Hanover falls to Allies.
April 11th - Soviets and Yugoslavs sign
treaty.
April 12th - US President Roosevelt dies
- Truman becomes President.
April 13th - Soviets capture Vienna.
April 15th - Allies capture Arnhem.
April 23rd - Soviets enter Berlin.
April 20th - Nuremburg falls to Allies.
April 28th - Mussolini captured by partisans
and executed.
April 30th - Hitler commits suicide.
May 2nd - German forces in Italy surrender.
May 4th - German forces in Holland, Denmark
and N W Germany surrender.
May 5th - Ceasefire on Western Front.
May 7th - German unconditional surrender.
May 8th - VE Day declared.
May 9th - Soviets occupy Prague.
May 9th - Liberation of Channel Islands.
June 10th - Australians invade Borneo.
June 22nd - US forces capture Okinawa.
August 6th - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
August 8th - Soviets declare war on Japan.
August 9th - Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
August 14th - Japanese surrender.
August 15th - VJ Day declared.
September 5th - British land in Singapore.
September 7th - Japanese surrender Shanghai.
September 9th - Surrender of remaining
Japanese forces in China.
September 13th - Japanese surrender in
Burma.
September 16th - Japanese surrender in
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