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September 1: World War II breaks out in Europe with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945.
The Royal Navy initiated a naval blockade of Germany on 4 September. Although Britain and France honoured these guarantees by declaring war two days after Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, [6] and the dominions of the British Empire quickly followed suit, so little practical assistance was given to Poland, which was soon defeated, that in its early stages the war declared by ...
1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic . 1941 – The Holocaust : Karl Fritzsch , deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp , experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of ...
2 September – Following the invasion of Poland, Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany. 3 September – The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany. 3 September – British liner SS Athenia becomes the first civilian casualty of the war when she is torpedoed and sunk by U-30 in the eastern ...
September 4 – The State Department declares all US passports that are outstanding invalid for travelling to Europe and requires all those applying to document a need for foreign travel. [9] September 5 – World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war. [10] September 11 – Mark Twain National Forest is established in ...
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 ...
September 3, 1939 Hostilities in the West 3 September 9, 1939 Transfer of Forces from Poland to the West 4 September 25, 1939 Finishing the War in Poland 5 September 30, 1939 Partition of Poland, removing restrictions on naval warfare. 6 October 9, 1939 Plans for Offensive in the West 7 October 18, 1939 Preparations for Attack in the West 8
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