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.
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