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This is a timeline of declarations of war during World War II. A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. The declaration is usually the act of delivering a performative speech or the presentation of a signed document by an authorized party of a national government in order to create a state of war ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
Following World War II and the Holocaust, international pressure mounted for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, leading to the creation of Israel in 1948. The establishment of Israel, and the war that followed and preceded it , led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who became refugees , sparking a ...
The table below lists the five wars in which the United States has formally declared war against ten foreign nations. [8] The only country against which the United States has declared war more than once is Germany, against which the United States has declared war twice (though a case could be made for Hungary as a successor state to Austria-Hungary).
The timeline of wars has been split up in the following periods: List of wars: before 1000; List of wars: 1000–1499; List of wars: 1500–1799; List of wars: 1800–1899; List of wars: 1900–1944; List of wars: 1945–1989; List of wars: 1990–2002; List of wars: 2003–present
22: Mexico declares war on the Axis. 23: Kleist 's and Paulus' tanks meet up at Balakleya , southeast of Kharkov , encircling most of the Soviets' 6th and 9th Armies . At the high-level Soviet/United Kingdom talks in London, Anthony Eden suggests abandoning attempts to reach territorial understandings, and instead conclude a twenty-years' alliance.
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7: Paraguay declares war on Germany and Japan. 9: The Colmar Pocket, the last German foothold west of the Rhine, is eliminated by the French 1st Army. 12: Peru declares war on Germany and Japan. 13: The Battle of Budapest ends with Soviet victory, after a long defense by the Germans.