<link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <style type="text/css"> /*<![CDATA[*/ p.sgc-1 {font-weight: bold} p.txtc2 {text-indent: 0; padding: 0; font-size : 1.1em; line-height : 2.07; text-align: center; margin : 0; } big {font-size: 140%;} p.sgc-2 {margin-bottom:0em;} p.sgc-4 {font-size :1.5em} p.sgc-3 {font-size:2em} /*]]>*/ </style> <meta content="urn:uuid:39540c41-6999-4e88-b911-cbd1c1b1728b" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body class="body"> <p class="txtyou2 sgc-3"><strong>TIMELINE</strong></p> <p class="txtc2 sgc-4"><strong>1939</strong></p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>September 1</strong>: Germany invades Poland</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>September 3</strong>: Britain and France declare war on Germany</p> <p class="txtc2 sgc-4"><strong>1940</strong></p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>April</strong>: Germany invades Denmark and Norway</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>May</strong>: German blitzkrieg overwhelms Belgium, the Netherlands, and France</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>June 22</strong>: France surrenders to Germany</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>July to September</strong>: Battle of Britain</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>September</strong>: London Blitz begins; Italy invades Egypt</p> <p class="txtc2 sgc-4"><strong>1941</strong></p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>June 22</strong>: Germany invades the Soviet Union, known as Operation Barbarossa</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>September 8</strong>: Siege of Leningrad begins; it will last 872 days</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>December 7</strong>: Japan attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>December 8</strong>: U.S. declares war on Japan</p> <p class="txtc2 sgc-4"><strong>1942</strong></p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>January–April</strong>: Japan invades the Philippines, Singapore, Dutch East Indies, and Burma</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>May 4–8</strong>: Japan retreats after the Battle of the Coral Sea</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>June 4–7</strong>: U.S. defeats Japan at the Battle of Midway</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>August 23</strong>: Battle of Stalingrad begins</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>October 23–November 11</strong>: Allies defeat Germany at the Battle of El Alamein</p> <p class="txtc2 sgc-4"><strong>1943</strong></p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>February 2</strong>: Battle of Stalingrad ends with a Soviet victory over Germany</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>May</strong>: Axis surrender in North Africa</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>July</strong>: Allies invade Sicily; Mussolini is removed from power</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>July 5–August 23</strong>: Soviets defeat Germany at the Battle of Kursk</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>September</strong>: Allies invade Italy; the Italians surrender; German troops move into Italy</p> <p class="txtc2 sgc-4"><strong>1944</strong></p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>June 4</strong>: Rome falls to the Allies</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>June 6</strong>: Allies invade northern France on D-Day</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>June 15–July 9</strong>: Allies defeat Japan in the Battle of Saipan</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>December 16</strong>: Battle of the Bulge begins</p> <p class="txtc2 sgc-4"><strong>1945</strong></p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>February 19–March 26</strong>: U.S. defeats Japan at the Battle of Iwo Jima</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>April 1–June 21</strong>: Allies defeat Japan at the Battle of Okinawa</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>April 28</strong>: Mussolini is executed in Italy</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>April 30</strong>: Hitler commits suicide in Berlin</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>May 8</strong>: Germany surrenders</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>August 6</strong>: U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>August 8</strong>: Soviets enter the war against Japan</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>August 9</strong>: U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan</p> <p class="txtc2"><strong>September 2</strong>: Japan formally surrenders</p> </body> </html>