WORLDWORLD WARWAR IIII TIMELINETIMELINE September May May 26-June 3 1 Germany invades Poland 19 Germany invades Netherlands, Dunkerque evacuation̶over 300,000 1939 and annexes Danzig Belgium and Luxembourg; Allied soldiers rescued from Belgium 3 Britain and France Chamberlain resigns as Britain’s Prime by British civilian and naval craft declare war Minister; Churchill takes over 10 Italy declares war on France and 1940 12 Germans cross French frontier Britain; invades France June April June December 14 Germans enter Paris 17 Germans launch attacks in 22 Germans attack Russia 7 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Philippines, 22 France and Germany sign Balkans. Yugoslavia surrenders. August Guam; U.S. and Britain declare war on armistice at Compiegne 27 German tanks enter Athens; 13 Atlantic Charter̶Roosevelt Japan; Germany and Italy declare war British Army leaves Greece and Churchill determine goals 11 U.S. declares war on Germany and Italy 1941 for cooperation February April June 19 Roosevelt orders Japanese and 9 U.S. forces on Bataan peninsula 4-6 Battle of Midway, turning point 1942 Japanese-Americans in western U.S. surrender in the war in the Pacific to be exiled to “relocation centers,” May August many for the remainder of the war 6 U.S. and Filipino troops on 7 U.S. forces in the Pacific take the offensive for the first time with the invasion Corregidor surrender to Japan of Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands, a six-month campaign

August November January 9 Battle of Savo Island̶Allied naval forces suffer 8 U.S. and Britain land in 14-24 Casablanca Conference: one of their most severe losses of the Pacific French North Africa Churchill and Roosevelt agree on unconditional surrender goal November February 6 British victory at El Alamein ends 1-2 German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad: Rommel’s advance toward Suez 1943 turning point of war in Russia May July September November 12 Remnants of German Army trapped on 25 Mussolini deposed; 3 Secret armistice signed, ending Italy’s participation 22-26 Cairo Conference: Roosevelt, Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek Cape Bon, ending war in Africa Badoglio named Premier in the war as a member of the Axis. Allied troops pledge defeat of Japan, free Korea 30 U.S. forces complete the liberation of August land on Italian mainland after conquest of Sicily November 28-December 1 the Aleutian Island of Attu 17 The Battle of Sicily ends as 8 Italy surrenders Teheran Conference: U.S. troops enter Messina 10 Nazis seize Rome Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin agree on war plans

January June October 22 U.S. and British troops land at Anzio on 19-20 Battle of the Philippine Sea; defeat 13 Athens freed by Allies 1944 west Italian coast and hold beachhead of Japanese forces ensures U.S. 20 U.S. invades Philippines June naval superiority in the Pacific December 5 U.S. and British troops liberate Rome August 16 Germans launch Ardennes offensive 6 D-Day: Allies launch Normandy invasion 25 Paris liberated in Belgium̶Battle of the Bulge

January February 8 Germans give up on Ardennes offensive, withdraw from Belgium 27 MacArthur liberates Manila Russian army invades Germany from Poland 27 March February 7 U.S. Army breaches the Rhine at Remagen 10 Yalta Agreement signed by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin̶establishes basis of 1945 occupation of Germany, returns to Soviet Union lands taken by Germany and Japan May June August September 1 Admiral Doenitz takes command in Germany; Hitler’s 21 Okinawa falls̶last island before Japanese homeland 6 U.S. drops A-bomb on Hiroshima 2 V-J Day suicide announced July 17-August 2 8 U.S.S.R. declares war on Japan Japan signs surrender terms 2 Berlin falls Potsdam Conference: Truman, Churchill, Atlee, Stalin 9 U.S. drops A-bomb on Nagasaki aboard Battleship USS Missouri 7 Germany signs unconditional surrender terms at Rheims establish council of foreign ministers to prepare peace 14 Japan agrees to surrender 8 Allies declare V-E Day treaties; plan German postwar government and reparations