| The War in Europe and
Africa: A Chronology  1939
Sept. 1 -- German troops invaded Poland.
Sept. 3 -- Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Nov. 30 -- Russian troops invaded Finland.
1940
Apr. 9 -- Germany attacked Denmark and Norway.
May 10 -- Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg, and The
Netherlands.
June 10 -- Italy declared war on Britain and France.
June 22 -- France surrendered to Germany.
Aug. 4 -- Italy invaded British Somaliland.
Oct. 28 -- Italy attacked Greece.
Nov. 20 -- Hungary joined the Axis.
Nov. 23 -- Romania joined the Axis.
1941
Jan. 15 -- British soldiers invaded Ethiopia.
Mar. 1 -- Bulgaria joined the Axis.
Apr. 6 -- Germany invaded Greece and Yugoslavia.
June 22 -- Axis forces invaded Russia.
July 7 -- United States troops landed in Iceland.
Aug. 14 -- The Atlantic Charter was announced.
Dec. 11 -- Germany and Italy declared war on the United
States. The United States declared war on Germany and
Italy.
1942
June 5 -- The United States declared war on Bulgaria,
Hungary, and Romania.
June 21 -- German troops seized Tobruk in North Africa.
July 2 -- The British halted the Germans at El Alamein.
Sept. 16 -- German forces entered Stalingrad (now
Volgograd) in Russia.
Oct. 23 -- The British began an offensive at El Alamein.
Nov. 7-8 -- Allied forces landed
in North Africa.
Nov. 11 -- French resistance in North Africa ended.
Nov. 12 -- British troops captured Tobruk.
Nov. 19 -- The Russians counterattacked at Stalingrad.
Nov. 27 -- The French scuttled their fleet at Toulon.
1943
Jan. 31 -- Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus surrendered
to the Russians.
May 7 -- Tunis and Bizerte fell to the Allies.
May 12 -- Organized Axis resistance in Africa ended.
July 10 -- Allied forces invaded Sicily.
Sept. 3 -- The Allies landed in Italy.
Sept. 3 -- Italy signed a secret armistice with the
Allies.
Oct. 13 -- Italy declared war on Germany.
Nov. 6 -- The Russians recaptured Kiev.
1944
Jan. 27 -- The Russians broke the siege of Leningrad.
Mar. 19 -- German troops swept into Hungary.
June 6 -- The Allies landed in Normandy, France.
June 13 -- The first V-1 guided missile fell on London.
July 25 -- United States forces broke out of Normandy.
Aug. 15 -- Allied troops landed in southern France.
Aug. 25 -- Romania declared war on Germany.
Sept. 9 -- Bulgaria declared war on Germany.
Sept. 10 -- Finland signed an armistice with Russia.
Dec. 16 -- The Germans began the Battle of the Bulge.
Dec. 27 -- The Allies halted the German offensive.
1945
Jan. 11 -- Russian soldiers entered Warsaw, Poland.
Jan. 21 -- Hungary declared war on Germany.
Feb. 13 -- Russian forces occupied Budapest.
Apr. 13 -- Vienna fell to invading Russian troops.
Apr. 22 -- The Russians reached the suburbs of Berlin.
Apr. 25 -- U.S. and Russian forces met at Torgau.
May 2 -- German troops in Italy surrendered.
May 2 -- Berlin surrendered to Russian troops.
May 7 -- Germany surrendered to the Allies.
July 26 -- The Allies issued the Potsdam Declaration.
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