WORLD WAR II Timelines

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.

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, Egypt.

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.

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 - Allies invade NW Africa.

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.

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 - Ardennes offensive stalls.

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 Hong Kong.