World War II

Categories: Social Science | World War Ii

  • Dates

    • Germany invades: Sept 1, 1939
    • End European War: May 8, 1945
    • End Pacific War: Sept 2, 1945
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  • Overview

    The Second World War, a global military conflict from 1939 to 1945, involved the majority of the world's nations and resulted in the deaths of between 50 to 70 million people and was the deadliest conflict in human history.


    The conflict resulted in a major shift in the balance of power in the 20th century. The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the new dominant powers in the post-war world.

  • 5th February 1940 - Aid to Finland

    Britain and France plan to send an expeditionary force to aid Finland in it's war with the Soviet Union.

  • 4th February 1945 - Yalta Conference Begins

    President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and General Secretary Stalin meet to discuss the organization of post war Europe.

  • 3rd February 1945 - Operation Thunderclap

    1000 B-17s of the US Eight Air Force bomb Berlin.

  • 1st February 1940 - Viipuri Bay

    During the Soviet-Finish war, the Soviet General Timoshenko attempts to outflank the Finish Mannerheim defensive line by attacking across Viipuri bay. http://www.cannonade.net/entry.php?id=1232

  • 31 January 1941 - British capture Agordat

    British troops capture the Italian strongpoint at Agordat in Eritrea. Four Mark I tanks are the decisive in the battle. 1000 troops and 43 guns are captured. http://www.cannonade.net/entry.php?id=2422

  • 30th January 1945 - Wilhelm Gustloff Sunk

    In the worst maritime disaster in history over 9000 are killed when the Wilhelm Gustloff is sunk in the Baltic by Soviet submarine S-13. The ship was carrying civilian and military refugees that had been trapped by advancing Soviet troops in Courland, East Prussia, and the Polish Corridor.

  • 29th January 1943 - Battle of Wau

    Australian troops prevent a Japanese surprise attack from capturing Wau, in Papua New Guinea.

  • 28th January 1945 - Burma road is re-opened

    Allied supply trucks begin to reach China over the newly re-opened Burma road.

  • 27th January 1945 - Auschwitz Liberated

    The notorious concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, is liberated by Soviet forces. Over one million men, women and children had been murdered at the camp since it's creation in 1940.

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