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World War II

Timeline

1939

• Hitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and france declare war on Germany two days later;
• Raitioning starts in the UK;
• German Blitzkrieg overwhelms Belgium, Holland and france;
• Churchill becomes prime Minister of Britain;
• British Expeditionary force evacuated from Dunkirk;
• British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.;

1941

• Hitler begins Oparation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia;
• The Blitz continues against British major cities;
• Allies take Tobruk in North Africa and resist German attacks;
• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and the USA enters the war;

1942

• Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein;
• Singapore falls to the Japonese in February, around 25000 prsoners taken;
• American naval victory at Battler of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War;
• Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins;

1943

• Surrender at Satllinggrad marks Germany's first major defeat;
• Allied victory in North Africa anables invasion of Italy to be launched;
• Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle;
• British an Indian forces fight Japonese in Burma;

1944

• Allies land at Anzio and bomb manastery at Monte Cassino;
• Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern , Europe;
• D day: The invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August;
• Guam liberated by the USA Okinawa and Iwo Jima bombed;

1945

• Auschwitz liberated by soviet troops;
• Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May;
• Truman becomes President of USA on Roosevelt's death and Attle replace Churchill;
• After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagazaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August;

Learm more in:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/