The History Of The Second Great War

1939
Sep 1 - Germany invades Poland, World War 2 begins. Sep 3 - Britain and France declare war on Germany. Sep 8 - The US remains neutral but president Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency". Sep 17 - Russia invades Poland Sep 27 - Warsaw surrenders Oct 6 - The last remaining Polish forces surrender Nov 30 - Russia invades Finland

1940
Jan 17 - The first German Enigma messages are decoded by British intelligence Mar 12 - Russia-Finland war ends. It convinces Hitler that the Russian military is ineffective. Apr 8 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Apr 14 - British forces land in Narvik, Norway, but leave in 10 days May 10 - Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg. Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister. May 20 - German forces reach the British Channel. May 27 - Evacuation of British and French forces to Britain at Dunkirk begins. Jun 4 - The evacuation at Dunkirk ends. 338,000 troops were rescued. Churchill declares that Britain will never surrender. Jun 9- Norway surrenders Jun 10 - Italy declares war on the collapsing France and on Britain. Jun 14 - German troops march into Paris Jun 18 - Russia invades Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Jun 22 - France surrenders Jun 27 - Russia annexes the eastern regions of Romania. Jul 1 - Germany invades the British Channel islands. Jul 10 - The Battle of Britain air campaign begins. Jul 18 - Churchill declares this is Britain's finest hour. Aug 8 - The Luftwaffe begins to bomb British early warning radars Aug 15 - The Luftwaffe loses 76 aircraft in one day Aug 25 - British night bombers bomb Berlin Sep 3 - Hitler changes the Luftwaffe's objective from destroying the Royal Air Force to bombing London. This allows the R.A.F to recover and win the battle of Britain. Sep 13 - Italy invades British-held Egypt from Libya, the North African campaign begins. Sep 15 - The largest Luftwaffe daytime bombardment, it loses 56 aircraft Sep 27 - Japan joins The Axis Oct 7 - German troops enter their Ally Romania, Germany's only source of oil which is threatened by Russia Oct 12 - Hitler cancels the invasion of Britain. Oct 23 - Spain rejects Hitler's offer to join the war and remains neutral. Oct 28 - Italy invades Greece from Albania, but stopped, twice. Nov 11 - British carrier aircraft sink Italian fleet in Taranto's harbor. Yamamoto in Japan is impressed by their success. Nov 20 - Hungary and Romania, both military dictatorships, join The Axis. Dec 9 - British forces in Egypt counter attack the Italians and advance along the Libyan coast