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Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations ...
Events preceding World War II in Europe; Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II; Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939) Timeline of the Second Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940) Timeline of the Norwegian Campaign (1940) Timeline of the North African Campaign (1940–1943 ...
23: By this time it is clear that Germany is under attack from all sides. 24: Operation Varsity , an Anglo-American-Canadian airborne assault under Montgomery deployed over the Rhine at Wesel. 27: The Western Allies slow their advance and allow the Red Army to take Berlin.
Below is a table showing the outbreak of wars between nations which occurred during World War II. Indicated are the dates (during the immediate build-up to, or during the course of, World War II), from which a de facto state of war existed between nations. The table shows both the "Initiator Nation(s)" and the nation at which the aggression was ...
: Tokyo is bombed for the first time since the Doolittle raid of April 1942. 11: President Roosevelt announces that he will run for an unprecedented fourth term as U.S. President. 12: Hitler rejects General Field Marshal Walther Model 's proposal to withdraw the German forces from Estonia and northern Latvia and retreat to the Daugava River .
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 ...
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1942, clockwise from top left: British artillery barrage opens the Battle of El Alamein; the Jews of Salonika are rounded up for deportation to extermination camps; Soviet troops of the Great Patriotic War fight the Battle of Stalingrad; USS Lexington (CV-2) under fire at the Battle of the Coral Sea; Reinhard Heydrich's car after attack by Czech resistance; 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking troops ...