Timeline of World War II

This is the timeline of World War II, which shows the event linked to World War II during 1931-1945.

Before the war

1931- September 18: Japan invades the Manchuria region of China, starting Second Sino-Japanese War.
1933-
- January 30: Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
- February 27: The Reichstag is set on fire.
- March 23: The Reichstag passes Enabling Act, giving Hitler dictatorship power.
- June 28: Only Nazi Party remains in Germany.
1934-
- January 26: German–Soviet Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
- August 2: Hitler becomes German head of state.

1935-
- January 7: The League of Nations allows Germany to add Saarland to its territory.^[1]
- March 16: Hitler orders military buildup in Germany
- April: France, Britain, and Italy form the "Stresa Front", set up to defend Austrian independence, and will not allow Germany to change the Treaty of Versailles.
- June 18: The Anglo-German Naval Agreement is signed by Germany and the United Kingdom to allow a larger Kriegsmarine (German Navy).
- October 2: Italy invades Ethiopia, beginning the Second Italo–Abyssinian War.
1936-
- May 7: Italy add Ethiopia to its territory.
- July 18: Spanish Civil War begins.
- October 25: Rome-Berlin Axis is formed.
1937- Marco Polo Bridge Incident. Second Sino-Japanese War.
1938- September 30: The Munich agreement is signed.
1939-
- March 15: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. The country is divided and added to many countries.
- April 1: The Spanish Civil War ends with the nationalist victory. Francisco Franco becomes the head of state.
- May 22: The Pact of Steel between Germany and Italy is signed.
- August 23: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union is signed.

September 1: The Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe (European War).
September 3: Britain and France warns Germany to move all soldiers out of Poland or there will be war. Germany does not respond. Britain and France declare war on Germany.
September 17: The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
October 5-10: Baltic states sign "assistance pacts" with the Soviet Union, allowing it to have soldiers in these countries.
October 6: The Polish fight comes to an end.
October 20: The "Phoney War" begins.
November 24: Japan announces the capture of Nanjing, the Chinese capital at the time.
November 30: The Soviet Union invades Finland in the Winter War (it wasn’t part of WWII).

9 April: Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders that same day.
May 10: Germany invades Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
May 25: The Allies falls back to Dunkirk. Hitler orders to stop attacking the Allies troops by land.
May 26: The Allies starts moving their soldiers from Dunkirk. By June 4, more than 300,000 Allies troops are transported to Britain.
June 2: Norway surrenders.
June 10: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
June 18: The Soviet Union occupies the Baltic states.
June 25: France formally surrenders.
July 10: The Battle of Britain begins.
September 9: The Italian army in Libya invades Egypt.
September 27: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Italy, and Japan.
October 15: Italy invades Greece.
December 6-9: The Italians are pushed back in Egypt.

16. January: British forces launch a counter-attack on Italy-controlled Ethiopia.
12 February: Erwin Rommel arrives to lead the German Army in Africa
February:Japan wins the Battle of Singapore assuring control of Southeast Asia
April 6: Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
April 27: Greece surrenders.
May 20: German troops [in Crete] were to remain.
June 22: Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. There are also many European axes. German soldiers are sent to Finland.
September 8: The siege of Leningrad begins.
September 19: Arrest [Kiev].
September 30: Battle of Moscow begins.
October 16: [Capture of Odessa]
November 27: The Siege of Tobruk is broken.
December 5: German invasion of Moscow begins.
December 7: World War II in the Pacific

January 24 to February 16: Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy.
January 27: 900-days lasted Siege of Leningrad is broken.
April 10: Odessa is liberated.
May 9: Sevastopol is liberated. All Crimea is without German and Romanian troops.
June 6: American, British and Canadian soldiers invade Normandy.
July 27: Lviv is liberated.
August 25: Paris, France is Liberated.
October 15: Riga is liberated.
December 16: German forces attack Americans in Belgium, beginning the Battle of the Bulge.
United States enters Germany