WORLD WAR 2 TIMELINE

DOMINGO SIMON

1939-1945

1939Sep.1 Germany invades Poland, that is the beginning of World

war 2

Sep.3 Britain and France have declared war on Germany

Sep.8 the U.S. still remains neutral

Sep.17 Poland is invaded by Russia

Sep.27 Warsaw surrenders

Oct.6 all polish troops (the remaining ones) surrender

Nov.30 yet another country (Finland) is invaded by Russia

1940Jan.17 German Enigma messages are decoded British

intelligence

Mar.12 Hitler is convinced that the Russian military is not effective

Apr.8 Denmark and Norway are invaded by none other than Germany

Apr.14 Narvik, Norway is invaded by British forces

May 10 France, Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg are invaded by Germany

May 20 German forces reach the British channel

1941Feb.12 Hitler sends Rommel to help Italy in North Africa

Mar.1 Bulgaria joins The Axis

Mar.3 Rommel attacks the British

Mar.5 British troops help support Greece

Apr.6 Yugoslavia and Greece are invaded by Germany

Apr.13 Japan and Russia sign non-aggression pact

Apr.17 yet another country (Yugoslavia) surrenders to Adolf Hitler’s troops

Apr.27 German troops occupy Athens

Dec.7 the U.S joins the war

1942Jan.2 Japanese forces occupy Manila

Jan.10 Japanese forces invades Indonesia

Jan.11 Japanese forces occupy Malaysia

Jan.12 Japanese forces invade Burma

Jan.13 German U-boats start to sink ships on the U.S. coast

1943Feb.2 the last German forces in Stalingrad surrender

May 13 the Allies control North Africa

Jul.5 the battle of Kursk begins

Nov.19 the Marines land in Tarawa

1944Jan.22 Allies land in Anzio, Italy

Mar. the Russians advance into the Ukraine

Apr.10 the Russians liberate Odessa

Aug.25 Paris is liberated

Dec.16 the German attack in the Ardennes begin

1945Jan.9 the Marines land in Luzon

Jan.28 the Ardennes campaign ends

Mar.4 Manila is liberated

Aug.6 Hiroshima is destroyed by an atomic bomb

Aug.14 Japan surrenders. World War 2 finally ends

BHYBHBADOLF HITLER

GERMAN FORCES

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