Timeline of World War II
March 11-13 1938 Germany annexes Austria 1939 March 31 1939 France and Great Britain promise to ensure the security of Polands border. September 1 1939 Germany invades Poland, initiating WWII September 3 1939 Honouring their promise Great Britain declare war on Germany 1940 May 10 1940 Germany invades Western Europe, France signs Armistice. July 10-October 31 1940 Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany September 13 1940 Italy invades Egypt September 27 1940 Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite October 28 1940 Italy invades Greece 1941 February 1941 Germany sends Afrika Korps to Africa June 22-November 1941 Axis powers invade Soviet Union December 7 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbour December 8 1941 America declares war on Japan. Japanese troops land in Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia. December 11-13 1941 Axis Powers declare war on the U.S 1942 June 1942 British and US navies halt Japanese advance in the Pacific. October 23-24 1942 British troops defeat Germans at El Alamein and send Nazis into retreat. 1943 May 13 1943 Axis forces in Tunisia surrender ending North Africa campaign. 1944 June 6 1944 Anglo-American forces land in Normandy. July 25 1944 Anglo-American forces break out of Normandy and race towards Paris. August 20-25 1944 Allied troops reach Paris December 16 1944 Germans launch final offensive in the west known as the Battle of the Bulge. 1945 April 30 1945 Hitler commits suicide. May 9 1945 Germany surrenders. August 6-9 1945 US drop Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. September 2 1945 Japan surrenders ending WWII |