Post by laukkenan on Mar 9, 2009 1:24:58 GMT
Timeline of WWII in Europe
1939
Sept 1 - Nazis invade Poland.
Sept 10 - Battle of the Atlantic begins.
Sept 17 - Soviets invade Poland.
Nov 30 - Soviets attack Finland.
1940
March 12 - Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets.
March 16 - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland.
April 9 - Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.
May 10 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
May 26 - Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins.
July 10 - Battle of Britain begins.
July 23 - Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Aug 3-19 - Italians occupy British Somaliland in East Africa.
Aug 13 - German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.
Sept 13 - Italians invade Egypt.
Oct 28 - Italy invades Greece.
1941
Jan 22 - Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians.
Feb 12 - German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, North Africa.
April 6 - Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.
April 14 - Rommel attacks Tobruk.
May 15 - Operation Brevity begins (the British counter-attack in Egypt).
June 8 - Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
June 22 - Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins.
Aug 20 - Nazi siege of Leningrad begins.
Oct 2 - Operation Typhoon begins (German advance on Moscow).
Dec 7 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
1942
May 8 - German summer offensive begins in the Crimea.
June 21 - Rommel captures Tobruk.
July 1-30 - First Battle of El Alamein.
July 9 - Germans begin a drive toward Stalingrad in the USSR.
Sept 13 - Battle of Stalingrad begins.
Nov 8 - Operation Torch begins
Nov 11 - Germans and Italians invade unoccupied Vichy France.
Nov 19 - Soviet counter-offensive at Stalingrad begins.
Dec 31 - Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships.
1943
Jan 10 - Soviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad.
Feb 8 - Soviet troops take Kursk.
Feb 14-25 - Battle of Kasserine Pass between the U.S. 1st Armored Division and German Panzers in North Africa.
March 20-28 - Montgomery's Eighth Army breaks through the Mareth Line in Tunisia.
May 7 - Allies take Tunisia.
July 22 - Americans capture Palermo, Sicily.
Sept 9 - Allied landings at Salerno and Taranto.
Dec 24-26 - Soviets launch offensives on the Ukrainian front.
1944
Jan 6 - Soviet troops advance into Poland.
Jan 22 - Allies land at Anzio.
March 4 - Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front.
April 8 - Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea.
June 5 - Allies enter Rome.
June 6 - D-Day landings.
June 9 - Soviet offensive against the Finnish front begins.
June 22 - Operation Bagration begins.
July 3 - 'Battle of the Hedgerows' in Normandy; Soviets capture Minsk.
July 9 - British and Canadian troops capture Caen.
July 18 - U.S. troops reach St. Lô.
July 25-30 - Operation Cobra
Aug 15 - Operation Dragoon begins.
Sept 13 - U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line.
Sept 17 - Operation Market Garden begins.
Oct 21 - Massive German surrender at Aachen.
Dec 16-27 - Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.
1945
Jan 17 - Soviet troops capture Warsaw.
Jan 26 - Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.
March 6 - Last German offensive of the war begins to defend oil fields in Hungary.
March 7 - Allies take Cologne and establish a bridge across the Rhine at Remagen.
April 1 - U.S. troops encircle Germans in the Ruhr; Allied offensive in North Italy.
April 21 - Soviets reach Berlin.
April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
May 8 - Victory in Europe Day.
1939
Sept 1 - Nazis invade Poland.
Sept 10 - Battle of the Atlantic begins.
Sept 17 - Soviets invade Poland.
Nov 30 - Soviets attack Finland.
1940
March 12 - Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets.
March 16 - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland.
April 9 - Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.
May 10 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
May 26 - Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins.
July 10 - Battle of Britain begins.
July 23 - Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Aug 3-19 - Italians occupy British Somaliland in East Africa.
Aug 13 - German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.
Sept 13 - Italians invade Egypt.
Oct 28 - Italy invades Greece.
1941
Jan 22 - Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians.
Feb 12 - German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, North Africa.
April 6 - Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.
April 14 - Rommel attacks Tobruk.
May 15 - Operation Brevity begins (the British counter-attack in Egypt).
June 8 - Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
June 22 - Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins.
Aug 20 - Nazi siege of Leningrad begins.
Oct 2 - Operation Typhoon begins (German advance on Moscow).
Dec 7 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
1942
May 8 - German summer offensive begins in the Crimea.
June 21 - Rommel captures Tobruk.
July 1-30 - First Battle of El Alamein.
July 9 - Germans begin a drive toward Stalingrad in the USSR.
Sept 13 - Battle of Stalingrad begins.
Nov 8 - Operation Torch begins
Nov 11 - Germans and Italians invade unoccupied Vichy France.
Nov 19 - Soviet counter-offensive at Stalingrad begins.
Dec 31 - Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships.
1943
Jan 10 - Soviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad.
Feb 8 - Soviet troops take Kursk.
Feb 14-25 - Battle of Kasserine Pass between the U.S. 1st Armored Division and German Panzers in North Africa.
March 20-28 - Montgomery's Eighth Army breaks through the Mareth Line in Tunisia.
May 7 - Allies take Tunisia.
July 22 - Americans capture Palermo, Sicily.
Sept 9 - Allied landings at Salerno and Taranto.
Dec 24-26 - Soviets launch offensives on the Ukrainian front.
1944
Jan 6 - Soviet troops advance into Poland.
Jan 22 - Allies land at Anzio.
March 4 - Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front.
April 8 - Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea.
June 5 - Allies enter Rome.
June 6 - D-Day landings.
June 9 - Soviet offensive against the Finnish front begins.
June 22 - Operation Bagration begins.
July 3 - 'Battle of the Hedgerows' in Normandy; Soviets capture Minsk.
July 9 - British and Canadian troops capture Caen.
July 18 - U.S. troops reach St. Lô.
July 25-30 - Operation Cobra
Aug 15 - Operation Dragoon begins.
Sept 13 - U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line.
Sept 17 - Operation Market Garden begins.
Oct 21 - Massive German surrender at Aachen.
Dec 16-27 - Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.
1945
Jan 17 - Soviet troops capture Warsaw.
Jan 26 - Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.
March 6 - Last German offensive of the war begins to defend oil fields in Hungary.
March 7 - Allies take Cologne and establish a bridge across the Rhine at Remagen.
April 1 - U.S. troops encircle Germans in the Ruhr; Allied offensive in North Italy.
April 21 - Soviets reach Berlin.
April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
May 8 - Victory in Europe Day.