Noremac14
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| 27 Apr 2013 08:56 PM |
1939 • August 23 - Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Non-Aggression Pact • September 1 - Germany invades Poland, starting WWII • September 3 - Britain and France declare war on Germany • September - Battle of the Atlantic begins
1940 • May - Auschwitz established • May 10 - Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands • May 26 - Evacuation begins of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France • June 10 - Italy declares war on France and Great Britain • June 22 - France surrenders to Germany • July 10 - Battle of Britain begins • September 16 - The United States begins its first peacetime draft
1941 • March 11 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill • May 24 - The British ship Hood is sunk by Germany's Bismarck • May 27 - The Bismarck is sunk • June 22 - Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) • August 9 - Atlantic Conference begins • September 8 - Siege of Leningrad begins • December 7 - The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii • December 11 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy
1942 • January 20 - The Wannsee Conference • February 19 - Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066, which allows the internment of Japanese Americans • April 18 - The Doolittle Raid on Japan • June 3 - The Battle of Midway begins • July 1 - First Battle of El Alamein begins • July 6 - Anne Frank and her family go into hiding • August 2 - Guadalcanal Campaign begins • August 21 - Battle of Stalingrad begins • October 23 - Second Battle of El Alamein begins • November 8 - The Allies invade North Africa (Operation Torch)
1943 • January 14 - Casablanca Conference begins • February 2 - The Germans surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union • April 19 - The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins • July 5 - Battle of Kursk begins • July 25 - Mussolini resigns • September 3 - Italy surrenders • November 28 - Tehran Conference begins
1944 • January 27 - After 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad is finally over • June 6 - D-Day • June 19 - Battle of the Philippine Sea= • August 4 - Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested • August 25 - The Allies liberate Paris • October 23 - Battle of Leyte Gulf begins • December 16 - Battle of the Bulge begins
1945 • February 4 - Yalta Conference begins • February 13 - Allies begin bombing Dresden • February 19 - Battle of Iwo Jima begins • April 1 - Battle of Okinawa • April 12 - Franklin D. Roosevelt dies • April 16 - Battle of Berlin begins • April 28 - Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans • April 30 - Adolf dies • May 7 - Germany signs an unconditional surrender • July 17 - Potsdam Conference begins • August 6 - The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan • August 9 - The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
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