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Print/export Download as PDF ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Timelines of World War II; Chronological; Prelude (Events (in Asia; in Europe) Aftermath; 1939 ...
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 ...
List of military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II; Invasion of Denmark and Norway (April–June 1940) Continuation war (June 25, 1941 – September 19, 1944) Lapland War (October 1, 1944 – April 25, 1945) Liberation of Finnmark (October 23, 1944 - April 26, 1945)
The world powers in 1939, before the start of World War II. January 25 A uranium atom is split for the first time at Columbia University in the United States. [49] January 27 Hitler orders Plan Z, a 5-year naval expansion programme intended to provide for a huge German fleet capable of defeating the British Royal Navy by 1944.
Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II; Timeline of the 1939 invasion of Poland; Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact; Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II; Timeline of the Norwegian campaign; Timeline of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War; Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II; Timeline of the Winter War
1: The Germans begin a surprise offensive (Operation Nordwind) in northern Alsace.: Unternehmen Bodenplatte (Operation Baseplate) is launched by the Luftwaffe against western Allied air bases in Belgium and Holland by elements of ten different Jagdgeschwadern (fighter wings), as its last major air offensive of the war in the West.
List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II; List of aircraft of the British, World War II; List of aircraft of the Luftwaffe, World War II; List of aircraft of the U.S. military, World War II; List of armored fighting vehicles of World War II; List of broadsides of major World War II ships; List of undersea-carried planes ...
The following events played a significant role in setting the stage for the involvement of Asia and the Pacific in World War II: 1839: Outbreak of the First Opium War in Qing China against the British Empire, forcing China to import British opium from India. Britain won the war and as a result gained control over Hong Kong.