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DecemGerman attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins.NovemSurrender of Axis forces in Greece.OctoAthens liberated - Rommel commits suicide.AugOperation Dragoon begins (the Allied invasion of Southern France).JOperation Cobra - Allied breakout from Normandy begins.JGerman assassination attempt on Hitler fails.JD-Day landings on the northern coast of France - Operation Neptune/Overlord.March 19th - Hungary occupied by German Army.January 22, 1944- Allied landings in Anzioįebruary - February 15-18 - Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino.SeptemGermans rescue Mussolini who re-establishes a Fascist government.July10, 1943 - Operation Husky - Allied landings in Sicily.German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa.MaGermans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa and the Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.Soviets recapture Kursk, Rostov and Kharkov.FebruSurrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.January 14th - Casablanca Conference begins President Roosevelt demands "Unconditional Surrender".JanuSoviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad.DecemBritain surrenders Hong Kong to Japan.DecemItaly and Germany declare war against the US.DecemThe United States, led by US president, Franklin D Roosevelt, declares war on the Axis powers.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.NovemBritish aircraft carrier Ark Royal is sunk off Gibraltar by a U-boat.OctoOperation Typhoon begins and the Germans advance on Moscow.SeptemFirst experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.JInstructions given by Hitler and Goring to prepare for the Final Solution.Mutual Assistance agreement between British and Soviets JOperation Barbarossa - Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins.

Sinking of the Bismarck by the British Navy.Sinking of the British ship Hood by the Bismarck.Operation Brevity begins (the British counter-attack in Egypt).ApGermany invades Greece and Yugoslavia.March - MaBritish forces arrive in Greece January - Victory in Tobruk, in North Afrca for Britain and Australiaįebruary - FebruFirst units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in Tripoli, North Africa led by General Rommel December 9,1940 - Britain begin a desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians.WW2 Timeline October 1940 - Operation Sea Lion postponed until Spring of 1941 SeptemPact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan.SeptemVictory for the RAF in the Battle of Britain.Onslaught of German air raids on other major cities in England including Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester SeptemGerman Blitz (Blitzkrieg) against Britain begins - London is a key target.

WW2 Timeline September 1940 - Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain) is planned by the Germans

JGerman U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic.

JDunkirk: Following the fall of France the survivors of the British Expeditionary Force and other allied forces were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo.

JFrance signs an armistice with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler tours Paris.

JItaly declares war on Britain and France.

JBritish Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.

Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.

Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

WW2 Timeline April - ApGermany invades Denmark and Norway March - MaScapa Flow - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland 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

SeptemUnited States proclaims its neutrality.

SeptemRoyal Air Force attacks the German Navy.

3 September - Britain, Australia, New Zealand and France declare war on Germany.

1 September 1939 - Germany invaded Poland.

Leaders of the Axis were Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito and Benito Mussoliniġ939 Timeline of WW2 - September - WW2 starts September 1, 1939 Leaders of the Allies were Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. WW2 started Septemand ended September 2, 1945 The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima - The time period of WW2įailure of Appeasement - Hitler breaks the Munich Agreementįailure of the League of Nations to prevent WW2 Important names, dates and major events in the WW2 History TimelineĬauses of WW2 and the major battles and conflicts