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World
War II
1939
September 1st
- Germany invades Poland.
September 3rd - Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare
war on Germany.
September 10th - Canada declares war on Germany.
September 17th - Soviet Union invades eastern Poland.
September 27th - Surrender of Warsaw.
November 30th
- Soviet Union invades Finland.
1940
March 12th
- Finland signs peace treaty with Soviet Union.
April 9th
- Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway.
May 10th
- Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
May 10th - British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced
by Churchill.
May 15th - Holland surrenders to Germany.
May 26th - Evacuation of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk.
May 27th - Belgium surrenders to Germany.
June 10th
- Capitulation of Norway.
June 10th - Italy declares war on Britain and France.
June 14th - German army enters Paris.
June 18th - Soviets invade Baltic states.
June 22nd - France signs armistice with Germany.
June 30th - Germany begins occupation of Channel Islands.
July 10th
- Start of Battle of Britain.
July 11th - Petain becomes head of French Vichy Government.
August 3rd
- Italy begins occupation of British Somaliland.
September 13th
- Italy invades Egypt.
September 27th - Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact.
October 7th
- German army moves into Rumania.
October 28th - Italy invades Greece.
November 14th
- Greek army repels Italians back into Albania.
November 22nd - Italian 9th Army defeated by Greeks.
December 11th
- British capture Sidi Barrani, Egypt, from Italians.
December 17th - British recapture Sollum, Egypt.
1941
January 5th
- Australians capture Bardia, Libya.
January 22nd - British and Australians capture Tobruk.
February 6th
- British and Australians capture Benghazi.
February 25th - British capture Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland
March 1st
- Bulgaria joins Axis.
March 25th - Yugoslavia signs Tripartite Pact.
March 27th - Yogoslav government overthrown - leaves Pact.
March 30th - German Afrika Korps begins offensive in N. Africa.
April 4th
- Germans capture Benghazi.
April 6th - Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
April 10th - Germans take Zagreb.
April 12th - Germans occupy Belgrade.
April 13th - Soviets and Japanese sign neutrality pact.
April 17th - Yugoslav army surrenders to Germans.
April 22nd - Germans capture Thessalonika.
April 27th - Germans capture Athens.
April 28th - Germans take Sollum
May 15th
- British re-capture Sollum and Halfaya.
May 20th - German airborne invasion of Crete.
May 31st - British forces in Crete defeated.
June 8th
- Allied forces invade Syria.
June 22nd - Operation Barbarossa - Germany invades Soviet Union.
June 22nd - Italy and Rumania declare war on Soviets.
June 23rd - Hungary and Slovakia declare war on Soviets.
June 26th - Finland declares war on Soviets.
June 28th - German Army captures Minsk.
July 15th
- Germans capture Smolensk.
August 16th
- Germans capture Novogrod.
September 5th
- German army occupies Estonia.
September 15th - Siege of Leningrad starts.
September 19th - Kiev captured by Germans.
October 16th
- Soviet Union moves government to Kuibyshev.
October 24th - Kharkov falls to Germans.
November 3rd
- Germans capture Kursk.
November 22nd - Germans capture Rostov.
November 25th - Germans attack Moscow.
December 5th
- Germans halt attack on Moscow.
December 7th - Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
December 7th - Japanese declare war on USA.
December 7th - Japanese invade Siam and Malaya.
December 8th - Allies (except Soviets) declare war on Japan.
December 11th - Germany declares war on USA.
December 25th - Japanese capture Hong Kong.
December 25th - British Re-capture Benghazi.
1942
January 2nd
- Japanese capture Manila.
January 11th - British re-take Sollum.
January 11th - Japanese take Kuala Lumpur.
January 13th - Soviets recapture Kiev.
February 15th
- Singapore falls to Japanese.
March 8th
- Japanese enter Rangoon.
April 18th –
Doolittle raid on Tokyo.
May 6th
- British capture Madagascar.
May 6th - Surrender of all US forces on Philippines.
May 28th - Germans defeat Soviets at Kharkov.
June 4th
- Battle of Midway - 4 Japanese carriers sunk.
July 3rd
- Sevastopol falls to Germans.
August 22nd
- Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.
October 23rd
- Battle of El Alamein begins.
November 8th
- Operation Torch begins - Allies invade NW Africa.
1943
January 14th
- Casablanca Conference begins - Roosevelt demands "Unconditional
Surrender".
January 28th - British 8th Army captures Tripoli.
January 31st - German surrender at Stalingrad.
February 8th
- Soviets re-capture Kursk.
February 14th - Soviets re-capture Rostov.
February 16th - Soviets re-capture Kharkov.
March 15th
- German Army re-takes Kharkov.
July 10th
- Operation Husky - Allied landings in Sicily.
July 25th - Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown.
July 26th - Marshal Badoglio declares martial law in Italy.
August 23rd
- Soviets re-capture Kharkov.
September 3rd
- Italy signs armistice.
September 10th - Germans occupy Rome.
September 23rd - Mussolini declares Fascist government in Northern
Italy.
September 25th - Soviets re-take Smolensk.
October 13th
- Official Italian Government declares war on Germany.
November 6th
- Soviets re-capture Kiev.
1944
January 6th
- Soviets advance into Poland.
January 22nd - Allied landings in Anzio.
January 27th - End of siege of Leningrad.
March 19th
- Hungary occupied by German Army.
April 10th
- Soviets capture Odessa.
May 9th
- Sevastopol falls to Soviets.
June 4th
- Rome captured by Allies.
June 6th - Operation Neptune/Overlord - Allied invasion of
Normandy.
June 27th - US Army captures Cherbourg.
July 3rd
- Soviets re-capture Minsk.
July 7th - Japanese defeat on Saipan.
July 9th - Allies capture Caen.
July 20th - German assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
July 21st - US landings on Guam.
July 25th - Beginning of Operation Cobra - Allied breakout from
Normandy.
July 28th - Soviets take Brest-Litovsk.
August 4th
- Allies liberate Florence.
August 15th - Operation Anvil - Allied landings in South of France.
August 25th - Allies liberate Paris.
August 28th - Liberation of Marseilles/Toulon.
August 30th - Germans abandon Bulgaria.
August 31st - Soviets capture Bucharest.
September 2nd
- Pisa liberated.
September 3rd - Antwerp/Brussels liberated.
September 5th - Soviets declare war on Bulgaria.
September 12th - Le Havre liberated.
September 17th - Operation Market Garden - failed airborne assault
in Holland.
September 22nd - Boulogne liberated.
September 26th - Estonia occupied by Soviets.
September 28th - Liberation of Calais.
October 1st
- Soviets enter Yugoslavia.
October 4th - Allies land in Greece.
October 14th - Athens liberated.
October 20th - Liberation of Belgrade.
October 21st - Allies capture Aachen.
October 23rd - Soviets enter East Prussia.
November 4th
- Surrender of Axis forces in Greece.
November 24th - French capture Strasbourg.
December 16th
- German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins.
December 26th - US troops hold Bastogne - Ardennes offensive
stalls.
1945
January 1st
- Germans withdraw from Ardennes.
January 16th - German Ardennes "Bulge" eliminated.
January 17th - Soviets capture Warsaw.
January 26th - Japanese retreat to Chinese coast.
January 26th - Soviets liberate Auschwitz.
February 2nd
- Trier captured by Allies.
February 4th - Manila falls to Allies.
February 17th - Koblenz falls to Allies.
February 19th - Japanese evacuate Mandalay.
February 19th - US landings on Iwo Jima.
February 20th - Saarbrucken captured by Allies.
February 23rd - Poznan falls to Soviets.
February 20th - Danzig captured by Soviets.
April 1st
- US invades Okinawa.
April 10th - Hanover falls to Allies.
April 11th - Soviets and Yugoslavs sign treaty.
April 12th - US President Roosevelt dies - Truman becomes
President.
April 13th - Soviets capture Vienna.
April 15th - Allies capture Arnheim.
April 23rd - Soviets enter Berlin.
April 20th - Nuremberg falls to Allies.
April 28th - Mussolini captured by partisans and executed.
April 30th - Hitler commits suicide.
May 2nd
- German forces in Italy surrender.
May 4th - German forces in Holland, Denmark and N W Germany
surrender.
May 5th - Ceasefire on Western Front.
May 7th - German unconditional surrender.
May 8th - VE Day declared.
May 9th - Soviets occupy Prague.
May 9th - Liberation of Channel Islands.
June 10th
- Australians invade Borneo.
June 22nd - US forces capture Okinawa.
August 6th
- Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
August 8th - Soviets declare war on Japan.
August 9th - Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
August 14th - Japanese surrender.
August 15th - VJ Day declared.
September 5th
- British land in Singapore.
September 7th - Japanese surrender Shanghai.
September 9th - Surrender of remaining Japanese forces in China.
September 13th - Japanese surrender in Burma.
September 16th - Japanese surrender in Hong Kong.
Statistics
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Countries |
Total Deaths |
% of Prewar Population |
Military Deaths |
Civilian Deaths |
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USSR |
20,600,000 |
10.4% |
13,600,000 |
7,000,000 |
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China |
10,000,000 |
2.0% |
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Germany |
6,850,000 |
9.5% |
3,250,000 |
3,600,000 |
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Poland |
6,123,000 |
17.2% |
123,000 |
6,000,000 |
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Japan |
2,000,000 |
2.7% |
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Yugoslavia |
1,706,000 |
10.9% |
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France |
810,000 |
1.9% |
340,000 |
470,000 |
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Greece |
520,000 |
7.2% |
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United States |
500,000 |
0.4% |
500,000 |
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Austria |
480,000 |
7.2% |
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Romania |
460,000 |
3.4% |
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Hungary |
420,000 |
3.0% |
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Italy |
410,000 |
0.9% |
330,000 |
80,000 |
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Czechoslovakia |
400,000 |
2.7% |
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Great
Britain |
388,000 |
0.8% |
326,000 |
62,000 |
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Netherlands |
210,000 |
2.4% |
198,000 |
12,000 |
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Belgium |
88,000 |
1.1% |
76,000 |
12,000 |
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Finland |
84,000 |
2.2% |
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Australia |
39,000 |
0.3% |
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Canada |
34,000 |
0.3% |
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Albania |
28,000 |
2.5% |
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India |
24,000 |
0.01% |
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Norway |
10,262 |
0.3% |
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New Zealand |
10,000 |
0.6% |
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Luxembourg |
5,000 |
1.7% |
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TOTAL |
52,199,262 |
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