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39-8-23 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop 1939, 23rd August
39-8-23 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact - 23 Aug '39
39-9-1 to 39-10-6 Invasion of Poland 1939, Sept 1
39-9-1 - Nazi Germany invades Poland - 1939, 1st September
39-9-3 - Second World War begins for UK - 1939, 3rd September
39-9-3 Chamberlain declares war > .
39-9-27 -- Warsaw Surrenders - 1939, 27 Sep
39-12-18 Churchill Announces Admiral Graf Spee Scuttled (39-12-17)
30-12-25 The Council of the Allies meets in Paris (25 Dec 1939)
1940
40-3-17 Hitler & Mussolini @ Brenner Pass
40-4-9 - Operation Weserübung - Invasion of Norway & Denmark
40-5-17 Nazis Occupy Brussels - 1940, 17 May
40-6-4 Dunkirk evacuation ends | '40, June 4
40-7-3 : British navy attacks the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir | 1940, 3 July
40-7-10 Battle of Britain Begins - 1940, 10 July
40-9-7 - The Blitz Begins - 1940, 7 Sept
40-9-15 Battle of Britain finale - 13 Hours That Saved Britain
30-12-25 The Council of the Allies meets in Paris (25 Dec 1939)
1940
40-3-17 Hitler & Mussolini @ Brenner Pass
40-4-9 - Operation Weserübung - Invasion of Norway & Denmark
40-5-17 Nazis Occupy Brussels - 1940, 17 May
40-6-4 Dunkirk evacuation ends | '40, June 4
40-7-3 : British navy attacks the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir | 1940, 3 July
40-7-10 Battle of Britain Begins - 1940, 10 July
40-9-7 - The Blitz Begins - 1940, 7 Sept
40-9-15 Battle of Britain finale - 13 Hours That Saved Britain
40-9-15 13 Hours That Saved Britain - 1940, 15th September
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmjKODQYYfg
40-10-28 Italy Invades Greece - 1940, 28 Oct
40-11-11 Taranto Raid - Operation Judgement .. Italian Pearl Harbor
1941
41-5-10 Hess Flees To Scotland - 1941, 10 May
41-5-(20-27) Bismarck & Denmark Strait; Hood, Prince of Wales
41-5-26 & 41-5-27 Bismarck sunk
41-5-27 Sinking of the Bismarck - 1941, 27 May
41-6-22 to 41-12-5 Operation Barbarossa
41-9-8 - Start of the Siege of Leningrad - 1941, 8th September
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmjKODQYYfg
40-10-28 Italy Invades Greece - 1940, 28 Oct
40-11-11 Taranto Raid - Operation Judgement .. Italian Pearl Harbor
1941
41-5-10 Hess Flees To Scotland - 1941, 10 May
41-5-(20-27) Bismarck & Denmark Strait; Hood, Prince of Wales
41-5-26 & 41-5-27 Bismarck sunk
41-5-27 Sinking of the Bismarck - 1941, 27 May
41-6-22 to 41-12-5 Operation Barbarossa
41-9-8 - Start of the Siege of Leningrad - 1941, 8th September
41-12-7 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ..
41-12-22 Mr Churchill goes to Washington
1942
42-1-1 Edward R. Murrow on the streets of wartime London at night ..
42-2-10 Normadie/Lafayette fire, capsize NYC harbor
42-2-11 Unternehmen Donnerkeil (Operation Thunderbolt)
42-2-27 to 28 Bruneval Raid - Operation Biting ..
42-4-21 Princess Elizabeth's Sixteenth Birthday
42-4-23 Baedecker Blitz 42-6-1 ..
42-8-19 Dieppe Raid = Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter, official code-name Operation Jubilee
42-10-23 British El Alamein Offensive - 1942, 23 Oct
42-11-27 Toulon Scuttling by French Navy .. 42-11-27 French Navy Scuttles Ships
42-12-4 Raid On Naples
1943
43-1-14 Casablanca Conference
43-2-9 Guadalcanal Battle Ends - 1943, 9 Feb
43-4-5 Wadi Akarit - 1943, 5 Apr
43-5-16 Dambusters
43-5-16 Operation Chastise (Dambuster) raid on Möhne, Edersee, and Sorpe Dams
43-7-10 Sicily Invaded - 1943, 10 July
43-18-17 Messina entered - 1943, 17 Aug*
43-11-16 WWII: Tehran Conference - 1943, 28 Nov 16
43-5-17 Tunisian Victory - Complete
1944
44-3-6 Berlin Bombing
44-4-22 Exercise Tiger 44-4-30 ..
June '44 to May '45 -- Hitler's Last Year
June 44 to 45 ..
44-6-6 D-Day plan of operations: Timeline of events 44-4-22 to 44-8-25
44-6-10 WWII: Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre ..
44-8-20 - Operation Valkyrie - 1944, 20th July
44-8-25 - Paris liberated from Nazi control - 1944, 25th August
44-9-3 Entry Into Brussels Aka Brussels Delivered! - 3 September, 1944
44-9-4 Antwerp - Before and After The Huns Left - 1944 4 Sept
44-9-12 2nd Quebec Conference - 1944, 12 Sept
44-11-12 Tirpitz sunk
44-12-16 to 45-1-25 Battle of the Bulge
1945
45-1-17 WWII: Warsaw Liberated - 1945, 17 Jan
45-2-13 Bombing of Dresden
45-2-16 US troops Corregidor
45-2-(18-24) The Last Days of World War II 01 18-24 February
45-3 - (4 - 10) The Last Days of World War II 03 04 - 10 March
45-3-7 Battle of Remagen 45-3-17 ..
45-3-7 U.S. Forces Enter Remagen - 1945, 7 Mar
45-3-20 Mandalay Liberated
45-4-1 Okinawa Invasion Begins
45-4-23 Battle of Berlin ..
45-4-26 Arrest of Pétain ..
45-4-1 Okinawa Invasion Begins
45-4-23 Battle of Berlin ..
45-4-26 Arrest of Pétain ..
45-5-2 Fall of Berlin
45-5-5 Battle for Castle Itter ..
45-5-8 VE Day - Victory in Europe ..
45-5-8 VE Day - Churchill's speech ..
45-5-23 Himmler commits suicide
45-6-21 Post-war Berlin ..
45-6-22 Okinawa - 1945, 22 June
45-8-6 The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima 1945, 6th August
45-8-9 Nagasaki Bombed - 1945, 9 Aug
45-8-15 V-J Day - Victory over Japan Day ..
45-8-30 MacArthur In Japan - 1945, 30 Aug
1946
46-1-3 William Joyce, Lord Haw Haw, is hanged at Wandsworth Gaol
1946-3-5 Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech ..
1948
48-4-3 Marshall Plan - Truman
https://www.britishpathe.com/workspaces/BritishPathe/n6tHWs5t
48-6-24 Berlin Blockade - 1948, 24 June
1949
49-4-4 NATO Established - 1949, 4 Apr
49-5-5 Council Of Europe Formed - 1949, 5 May
1948
48-4-3 Marshall Plan - Truman
https://www.britishpathe.com/workspaces/BritishPathe/n6tHWs5t
48-6-24 Berlin Blockade - 1948, 24 June
1949
49-4-4 NATO Established - 1949, 4 Apr
49-5-5 Council Of Europe Formed - 1949, 5 May