1939 - 1945 The
Second World War.
Bombing of British cities, compulsory military service
and food rationing were brought in. |
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 Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia. |
1937 |
7 luglio -  Japan invades  Cina. |
1938 |
Germany marches into Austria and takes it over. |
1939 |
Marzo -Germany takes over Czechoslovakia.
Settembre. - Germany invades Polonia |
3 settembre - The Prime Minister of Gran Bretagna, Neville Chamberlain, declares war on Germany.
Francia, Australia e New Zealand also declares war on Germania. |
6 sett. - South Africa declares war on Germany. |
10 sett. - Canada declares war on Germany. |
17 settembre. - The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
30 Nov. The Soviet Union invades Finlandia. |
1940 |
9 Apr. - Germany invades Norway and Danimarca. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9. |
May 10 - Winston
Churchill becomes the new British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain. |
May 10 - Germany attacks western Europe - Lussemburgo, Holland and Belgio.
Luxemburg surrenders to the Germans |
May 12 - The German army enters Francia |
May 14 Holland surrenders to the Germans. |
May 14 - The Local Defence Volunteers (Dad's Army) is created in Britain. It was later called the Guardia di casa |
May 27 - The evacuation of 340,000 soldiers of the Britannici e French armies from the beaches of Dunkirk. |
May 28 - Belgio riscatti to the Germans |
Giugno 4 - The last of the 338,000 British, French and Belgian forces evacuated from Dunkirk. |
Giugno 9 - Norway surrenders to the Germans |
Giugno 10 - L'Italia entra in guerra and
declares war on Britain and Francia |
Giugno 14 - The German army enters and took over Paris. |
30 giugno 1940 (until the Liberation on 9 May 1945) German troops take over the Channel Islands, the only British soil occupied by Germany |
Giugno 21 - Italy invades southern France. |
Giugno 22 - German troups conquer most of Francia. France surrenders to the Germans |
9 luglio - RAF Bomber Command start night raids on Germany |
10th luglio - Battle of Britain inizia |
7 settembre - Il progetto Londra Blitz inizio |
13 settembre. - Italy invades British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya. |
20 settembre. - Germany, Italia, e Japan sign the Patto tripartito. |
Ottobre - Italy invades Grecia |
Novembre - Slovakia (November 23), Hungary (November 20), and Romania (November 22) join the Axis. |
1941 |
Marzo - Bulgaria joins the Axis. |
6 aprile - Germany invades Yugoslavia and
Grecia. |
May 10 - German air raid damages the House of Commons in London. |
Giugno 22 - Germany invades Russia |
7 dicembre. - The Japanese attack the USA Naval Base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii |
8 dic. - Il United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. |
11 dic. - Germany
and Italy declare war on the United States
United States formally declares declares war on Germany and Italia.
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25 dic - Hong Kong surrenders to Giappone. |
1942 |
2 gennaio - Japan captures Manila in the
Filippine |
15 febbraio - Il Japan captures Singapore |
May 5 - The Battle of the Coral Sea between the Stati Uniti e Japanese navies |
May 30 - Anglo-Americans start bombing Germany |
8 novembre - Britannici e U.S. troops win back North Africa |
11 - 13 Dec. - Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the Stati Uniti. |
1943 |
19 aprile - Maggio Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in occupied Poland
The largest single revolt by Jews against the Nazis during WW2.
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May 16 - Il Dam Buster Raid |
28 sett. - Italy surrenders |
10 ottobre. - Italy swaps sides and declares war on Germany |
1944 |
Giugno 4 - Rome is freed by the Allies |
Giugno 6 - Britannici e U.S. troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
This day is known as D-day |
Giugno 12 - The first of Germany's terror weapons, the V1 (doodlebug), falls in England at Swanscombe in Kent |
15 agosto. -
Allied forces land in southern France near Nice. |
20 agosto - Allied troops reach Parigi. |
Aug/Sept - Warsaw Uprising in occupied Poland, the largest
ever civilian revolt in history, by the Polish population against the
Nazis. |
11 sett. - U.S. troops enter Germany |
20 ott. - U.S. troops land in the Filippine. |
16 dic. - The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the La battaglia dei giganti, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border. |
1945 |
12 Jan. - The Soviets liberate Warsaw and Krakow in Polonia. |
13 feb. - The Soviets capture Budapest, capital city of Ungheria. |
16 aprile - Il Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin. |
30 aprile - Hitler commits suicide |
7 May Germany surrenders to the western Allies. |
May 8 Winston Churchill announces VE Day - Victory in Europe. British
people wave flags, sing and dance in the streets. WW2 ends in Europe |
May 9 - Germany surrenders to the Soviets. |
Creation
of the Welfare State introduced social security payments for the unemployed. |
6 agosto. - The first bomba atomica viene lasciato cadere da The United States on Hiroshima killing 78,000 citizens |
8 agosto - Il Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria. |
9 Aug. - The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. |
14 agosto - Japan surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war. VJ Day (Victory in Japan) |
2 sett. - Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II. |
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