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This is a timeline of the events of WWII

Created by oline73 on Mar 30, 2009

Last updated: 03/11/10 at 04:09 PM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Mar 30, 2009 5:41 PM

• Pearl Harbor Attacked
  Dec 7, 1941

• Invasion of Soviet Union
  Jun 22, 1941

  Germany, along with other European Axis members and Finland, invaded the Soviet Union. The primary objectives of this surprise offensive were the Baltic region, Moscow and Ukraine with an ultimate goal to end campaign of 1941 near the line connecting Caspian and White Seas.

• Churchill takes over
  May 10, 1940

  British discontent over the Norwegian campaign led to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain by Winston Churchill.

• Invasion of Poland
  Sep 1939

  The Invasion of Poland in 1939 precipitated World War II. It was carried out by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small German-allied Slovak contingent. In Poland the invasion is also known as the September Campaign (Kampania wrześniowa) or the 1939 Defensive War (Wojna obronna 1939 roku). In Germany it is sometimes referred to as the Poland Campaign (Polenfeldzug) or the Polish-German War of 1939. For the German General Staff, it was codenamed Unternehmen Fall Weiss, or Case White.

• Japanese Invade Manchuria
  Sep 13, 1931