World+wide+events

World War 2 - IMPORTANT EVENTS

1914 – 1918 First World War fought in Europe

1919 Treaty of Versailles made with Germany

1933 Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

1936 Germany retakes Rhineland; Rome-Berlin Axis formedGermany signs pact with Japan

1939 Czechoslovakia taken by Germany Hitler invades Poland;Britain, France,Australia,India,New Zealand, South Africa and Canada declare war on Germany

1940 Germany attacks Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Troops evacuated from Dunkirk. Germans enter Paris.Battle of BritainStart of 'The Blitz'

1941 Barbarossa – German invasion of Russia; Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour brings USA into the warU.S.A declare war on Japan

1942 Battle for Stalingrad halts German advance in Russia

1943 Battle of Kursk ends German advance in the East; "Dam-Busters raid by R.A.F. German forces and allies defeated in North Africa

1944 D Day – Allied invasion of Normandy "Battle of the Bulge" begins (ends 1945)

1945 Fall of Berlin and death of Hitler; Germans sign unconditional surrender Nazis have murdered 6 million Jews in the Holocaust;Victory in Europe Day atomic bombs dropped on Japan; W.W.II ends

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