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World War II Timeline


Prologue (1918-1939) On November 11, 1918, the First World War armistice was held.

Paris Peace Conference, January 18, 1919.

Treaty of Versailles of June 28, 1919.

First meeting of the League of Nations, 16 January 1920.

On October 27, 1922, Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy.

On December 25, 1926, Emperor Yoshito of Japan died; He was succeeded by his son, Emperor Hirohito.

On September 18, 1931, the September 18 Incident broke out, and Japan invaded Northeast China.

On May 15, 1932, Japan's moderate Prime Minister Tsuyoshi was assassinated.

On January 30, 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.

On October 3, 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia.

On February 29, 1936, the rebellion of the Japanese radical soldiers was stopped; Conservative military men gain power. 1936-03-07 German troops enter the Rhineland Demilitarized Zone (former German territory) On July 17, 1936, the Spanish Civil War broke out; Italy and Germany sent troops to help Franco.

On October 25, 1936, the Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty was signed.

On November 25, 1936, Japan and Germany signed an international agreement on production.

On December 12, 1936, the Xi'an Incident broke out.

On December 25, 1936, the Chinese Kuomintang and the Communist Party agreed to unanimously resist Japan.

On January 19, 1937, Japan terminated the Washington Conference Treaty, which limited the size of the Japanese navy.

On July 7, 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, and the Sino-Japanese War broke out.

On December 12, 1937, Japanese planes sank an American gunboat in the Yangtze River.

On December 13, 1937, Nanjing fell; The Nanjing Massacre, which shocked China and the rest of the world.

On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria.

On October 1, 1938, Germany occupied Czechoslovakia.

On March 28, 1939, Madrid was occupied by Franco's troops.

On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression pact.

World War II (1939-1945) ——In 1939—— On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland.

On September 3, 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany; The British liner "Asenia" was sunk by a German submarine, and the Battle of the Atlantic began.

On September 17, 1939, the Soviet Union marched into Poland. 1939-09-27 Warsaw surrendered to Germany; The British aircraft carrier HMS Valiant was sunk by a German submarine, and the first large-scale naval battle of the Atlantic campaign was lost.

On October 14, 1939, the German submarine U-47 attacked the Anchorage fleet in Scapa Flow, sinking the battleship HMS Royal Oc.

On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union attacked Finland.

On December 17, 1939, the German "pocket battleship" and armed speedboat encountered a British cruiser in Montevideo, Uruguay, and were sunk. -- In 1940 -- On March 12, 1940, the Soviet-Finnish war ended; Finland ceded territory.

On April 9, 1940, Germany attacked Denmark and Norway. 1940-05-02 The Allies withdrew from central Norway.

On May 10, 1940, Germany attacked the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg; Winston Churchill served as Britain's wartime Prime Minister.

On May 12, 1940, Germany attacked France.

On May 14, 1940, the Dutch army surrendered.

On May 20, 1940, German troops entered the English Channel. 1940-05-26 - 06/04 The British Expeditionary Force retreated from Dunkirk.

Belgium surrendered on May 28, 1940.

On June 9, 1940, Norway signed an armistice with Germany.

On June 10, 1940, Italy declared war on Britain and France.

On June 11, 1940, Italy attacked France. 1940-06-14 Paris fell.

On June 15, 1940, the Soviet Union began to occupy Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

On June 22, 1940, France signed an armistice with the Axis powers. 1940-07-03 British Navy shelled the French fleet in Algeria and the port of Kebir.

On July 10, 1940, the first air battle over the English Channel opened the prelude to the Battle of Britain.

On July 25, 1940, Britain banned the export of strategic goods to Japan.

On August 5, 1940, Italy invaded British Somalia. 1940-09-13 Italy invaded Egypt.

On September 15, 1940, the Battle of Britain reached **, and London was subjected to heavy air raids.

On September 22, 1940, Vichy France reached an agreement with the Japanese air bases and units in India.

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On September 27, 1940, Japan joined the Axis Alliance.

On October 7, 1940, German troops entered Romania.

On October 28, 1940, Italy invaded Greece.

On November 5, 1940, Roosevelt was re-elected president.

On 11 November 1940, the British routed the Italian fleet in Taranto.

On November 14, 1940, the German air raid on Coventry.

Hungary joined the Axis coalition on November 20, 1940; Two days later, Romania also joined the Axis coalition.

On December 9, 1940, the British began to expel Italian troops from Egypt.