Timeline
The Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslov...Read more
Invasion of Poland
One of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a non...Read more
Britain Declares War on Germany
On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies o...Read more
Germany Invades France
The campaign against the Low Countries and France lasted less than six weeks. Germany attacked in th...Read more
German Troops Enter Paris
German troops marched into Paris in the early hours of this morning as French and allied forces retr...Read more
Battle of Britain Begins
On this day in 1940, the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Bri...Read more
The London Blitz
The appearance of German bombers in the skies over London during the afternoon of September 7, 1940 ...Read more
Germany Invades the Soviet Union
Germany’s quest to invade the Soviet Union see’s three million German troops supported by Italia...Read more
Pearl Harbour
Japan reveals its support to Germany and begins bombing the American fleet in the Hawaiian Island of...Read more
Fall of Singapore
The fall of Singapore to the Japanese Army on February 15th 1942 is considered one of the greatest d...Read more
Battle of Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein marked the culmination of the World War II North African campaign between t...Read more
Germans Surrender at Stalingrad
After one of the bloodiest battles history has seen, Hitler faces the consequences of underestimatin...Read more
Allied Invasion of Sicily
After defeating Italy and Germany in the North African Campaign (November 8, 1942-May 13, 1943) of W...Read more
D-Day
The liberation of France finally begins as 150,000 British, US and Canadian troops take over five be...Read more
Liberation of Auschwitz
The Red Army has liberated the Nazis' biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in south-western Polan...Read more
Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June...Read more
Germany is Defeated
The myth of German invincibility is smashed, and the reinvigorated Red Army gradually roll back the ...Read more