World war two timeline

1939
* Hitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.
1940
* Rationing starts in the UK.
* German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium,Holland and France.
* Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
* British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.
* British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler topostpone invasion plans.
1941
* Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia.
* The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities.
* Allies take Tobruk in NorthAfrica, and resist German attacks.
* Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.
1942
* Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein.
* Singapore falls to theJapanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken.
* American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
* Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitzbegins.
1943
* Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.
* Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.
* Italy surrenders, but Germanytakes over the battle.
* British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.
1944
* Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino.
* Soviet offensive gathers pace inEastern Europe.
* D Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August.
* Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.
1945
* Auschwitz liberated by Soviettroops.
* Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
* Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.
* Afteratomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II