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The earlier declaration by the UK was due to the Japanese attacks on the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and also due to the fact that the British did not have the American constitutional tradition of requiring the consent of its own national legislature to declare war - the British cabinet could declare war without ...
Norwegian government-in-exile announces that it had declared war on Japan on December 7, 1941: Declaration [25] 1945-07-14: Italy Japan: W: Declaration: 1945-08-08 Soviet Union Japan: W [3] Last outbreak of war during the entire Second World War. Soviet–Japanese War: 1945-08-10: Mongolia Japan: W [26] W (de jure) A (de facto 1945-08-09) War ...
The Japanese invasion of Thailand led to Thailand's decision to ally itself with Japan and the other Japanese attacks led the United States, United Kingdom, China, Australia, and several other states to formally declare war on Japan, whereas the Soviet Union, being heavily involved in large-scale hostilities with European Axis countries ...
Second World War: Germany: 3 September 1939 United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939) George VI: Neville Chamberlain: Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany, 12 September 1990. The Potsdam Agreement on 2 August 1945 agreed the subdivision of Germany following the surrender on 8 May 1945.
The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...
The War at Sea 1939–1945. History of the Second World War. Vol. III The Offensive. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Royal Navy (1995). War with Japan. Vol. VI Advance to Japan. London: HMSO. ISBN 0-11-772821-7. Tillman, Barrett (2010). Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942–1945. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781416584407.
Six-Day War (1899) United Kingdom: Punti clans British victory: Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) United Kingdom Russia Japan France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary. Righteous Harmony Society Qing dynasty. British Allied victory. Boxer Protocol: Anti-foreign societies banned in China; Second Boer War (1899–1902) United Kingdom
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 ...