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Key events of World War 2 WW2 started September 1, 1939 and ended September 2, 1945 Leaders of the Allies were Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill Leaders of the axis of rotation were Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito and Benito Mussolini 1 September 1939 Hitler invades Poland 3 September Britain and France declare war on Germany September 5, 1939 United States proclaims its neutrality September 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany November 1939 The pass war begins. A military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland) The Phoney War The Phoney War of WW2 was period of limited military exertion in Europe following the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and before the Battle of France in May 1940 March 12, 1940 -The Winter war ends. April 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Hitler launched blitz against Belgium, France, Holland and Luxemburg May 15, 1940 Holland surrenders May 27, 1940 Evacuation of British and French forces to Britain at Dunkirk begins May 28, 1940 Belgium surrendersJune 3, 1940 More than 300,00 British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk June 10, 1940 Italy declares war on Britain and France June 10, 1940 Norway surrenders Jun 14, 1940 France signs armistice agreement with Germany July 1, 1940 Germany invades the British Channel Islands July 10, 1940 The Battle of Britain begins August 23, 1940 First German air breaks on London August 25, 1940 First British air raid on Berlin September 13, 1940 Italy invades Egypt September 15, 1940 Victory for the RAF in the Battle of Britain September 27, 1940 Germany, Italy and Japan become AlliesOctober 28, 1940 Italy invades Greece and Albania November 20, 1940 Hungary and Romania joins the Axis March 7, 1941 British forces arrive in Greece April 6, 1941 Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia April 17, 1941 Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany April 27, 1941 Greece surrenders to Germany June 22, 1941 Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins July 31, 1941 Instructions given by Hitler and Goring to prepare for the Final Solution. (The plan to murder the millions of European jews. September 15, 1941 The long German siege of Leningrad begins October 2, 1941 Operation Typhoon begins and the Germans advance on Moscow 7 celestial latitude, 1941 Japan makes a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. December 8, 1941 The United States declares war on the Axis powers. January 26, 1942 First American forces arrive in Great Britain June, 1942 Mass murders of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins August 22nd Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy October 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein beginsNovember 8, 1942 Operation Torch begins (U. S. invasion of North Africa). February 2, 1943 Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germanys first major defeat May 13, 1943 German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa. September 8, 1943 Italy surrenders to the Allies October 13, 1943 Italy declares war on Germany January 27, 1944 End of siege of Leningrad July 20, 1944 German assassination attempt on Hitler fails August 15, 1944 Operation Dragoon begins August 25, 1944 Paris is liberated October 14, 1944 Athens liberated. Rommel commits suicideNovember 4, 1944 Greece is liberated December 16, 1944 German attack through Ardennes Battle of the Bulge begins January 1, 1945 Germans withdraw from Ardennes April 30, 1945 Adolph Hitler commits suicide May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders. The war in Europe ends August 6 The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (killed 80,000) August 8 Russia declares war on Japan August 9 The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki in Japan (killed 70,000) August 14 The Japanese surrender at the end of WW2 September 2, 1945 WW2 officialy ends