These details have not all been
double checked, they have been pulled together from
various books and websites to give context for the
time that posters were produced.
| 1938 |
|
|
| September |
|
Munich
Crisis |
| 1939 |
|
|
| March |
|
End
of Civil War, Spain |
| August |
23rd |
Nazi/Soviet
non-aggression pact |
| September |
1st |
Germany
invades Poland |
| |
3rd |
Britain,
France, Australia, NZ & India v. Germany |
| |
10th |
Canada
v. Germany |
| |
17th |
Soviet
Union invades E. Poland |
| |
27th |
Surrender
of Warsaw |
| November |
30th |
Soviet
Union invades Finland |
| December |
17th |
German
Graf Spee scuttled |
| |
17th |
1st
Canadian troops arrived in UK |
| 1940 |
|
|
| March |
12th |
Finland
treaty with Soviet Union. |
| |
28th |
Allied
leaders agree no armistice without prior agreement |
| April |
9th |
Germany
occupies Denmark & invades Norway |
| May |
10th |
Germany
invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg |
| |
15th |
Holland
surrenders |
| |
26th |
Dunkirk
evacuation begins |
| |
27th |
Belgium
surrenders |
| June |
4th |
Dunkirk
evacuation ends |
| |
10th |
Italy
declares war - Axis |
| |
10th |
Norway
surrenders |
| |
14th |
German
army -> Paris |
| |
18th |
Soviets
invade Baltic States |
| |
22nd |
France
surrenders |
| |
30th |
Channel
Islands occupied |
| July |
10th |
Battle
of Britain commences |
| |
11th |
Petain
= Head of French Vichy Government |
| August |
3rd |
Italy
occupies British Somaliland |
| September |
13th |
Italy
invades Egypt |
| |
27th |
Germany,
Italy & Japan - Tripartite Pact |
| October |
7th |
Germany
invades Rumania |
| |
28th |
Italy
invades Greece |
| November |
14th |
Greek
army repels Italians into Albania |
| |
22nd |
Italians
defeated by Greeks |
| December |
11th |
British
capture Sidi Barrani (Egypt) from Italians |
| |
17th |
British
an attacking force in Libya |
| 1941 |
|
|
| January |
5th |
Australians
capture Bardia, Libya |
| |
22nd |
British/Australians
capture Tobruk |
| February |
6th |
British/Australians
capture Benghazi |
| |
25th |
British
capture Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland. |
| March |
1st |
Bulgaria
joins Axis |
| |
25th |
Yugoslavia
signs Tripartite pact |
| |
27th |
Yugoslav
Govt. overthrown |
| |
30th |
Germany
v. N. Africa |
| April |
4th |
Germans
capture Benghazi. |
| |
6th |
Germany
invades Yugoslavia and Greece. |
| |
10th |
Germans
take Zagreb. |
| |
12th |
Germans
occupy Belgrade. |
| |
13th |
Soviets
and Japanese sign neutrality pact. |
| |
17th |
Yugoslavia
surrenders. |
| |
22nd |
Germans
capture Thessalonika. |
| |
27th |
Germans
capture Athens. |
| |
28th |
Germans
take Sollum. |
| May |
15th |
British
re-capture Sollum and Halfaya. |
| |
20th |
German
airborne invasion of Crete. |
| |
31st |
British
forces in Crete defeated. |
| June |
8th |
Allied
forces invade Syria. |
| |
22nd |
Operation
Barbarossa - Germany invades Soviet Union. |
| |
22nd |
Italy
and Rumania declare war on Soviets. |
| |
23rd |
Hungary
and Slovakia declare war on Soviets. |
| |
26th |
Finland
declares war on Soviets. |
| |
28th |
Germany
captures Minsk. |
| July |
15th |
Germans capture Smolensk |
| August |
16th |
Germans capture Novogrod |
| September |
5th |
Germany
occupies Estonia |
| |
15th |
Siege
of Leningrad starts |
| |
19th |
Kiev
captured by Germans |
| October |
16th |
USSR
Govt to Kuibyshev |
| |
24th |
Kharkov
to Germany |
| |
25th |
Prince
of Wales- flagship battleship sails for Singapore |
| November |
3rd |
Kursk
captured |
| |
14th |
Ark
Royal sunk nr Gibraltar |
| |
22nd |
Rostov
captured |
| |
25th |
Moscow
attacked |
| December |
5th |
Germans
halt attack on Moscow. |
| |
7th |
Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbour/ Japanese declare war
on USA. |
| |
7th |
Japanese invade Siam and Malaya. |
| |
8th |
Allies
(except Soviets) declare war on Japan. |
| |
11th |
Germany declares war on USA. |
| |
25th |
Japanese capture Hong Kong. |
| |
25th |
British
Re-capture Benghazi. |
| 1942 |
|
|
| January |
2nd |
Japanese
capture Manila. |
| |
11th |
British
re-take Sollum. |
| |
11th |
Japanese
take Kuala Lumpur. |
| |
13th |
Soviets
recapture Kiev. |
| February |
15th |
Signapore
falls to Japan |
| March |
8th |
Japanese
enter Rangoon |
| May |
6th |
British
capture Madagascar |
| |
6th |
Surrender of all US forces on Phillipines |
| |
28th |
Germans
defeat Soviets @ Kharkov |
| |
31st |
Raids
on Cologne |
| June |
4th |
Battle
of Midway - 4 Japanese carriers sunk |
| |
11th |
US
& USSR - lend lease deal signed. |
| July |
3rd |
Sevastapol
falls to Germans |
| August |
22nd |
Brazil
declares war on Germany and Italy |
| October |
23rd |
Battle
of El Alamein begins |
| November |
8th |
Operation
Torch begins - Allies invade NW Africa |
| 1943 |
|
|
| January |
14th |
Casablanca
Conference begins - Roosevelt demands "Unconditional
Surrender". |
| |
28th |
British
8th Army captures Tripoli. |
| |
31st |
German
surrender at Stalingrad. |
| February |
8th |
Soviets
re-capture Kursk. |
| |
14th |
Soviets
re-capture Rostov. |
| |
16th |
Soviets
re-capture Kharkov. |
| March |
15th |
Germany
re-takes Kharkov |
| May |
12th |
Surrender
of Axis forces in N. Africa |
| June |
16th |
RAF
starts heavy bombardment of Sicily |
| July |
10th |
Operation
Husky - Allied landings in Sicily |
| |
25th |
Mussolini's
Italian Fascist government overthrown |
| |
26th |
Marshal
Badoglio declares martial law in Italy |
| August |
23rd |
Soviets
re-capture Kharkov |
| September |
3rd |
Italy
signs armistice. |
| |
10th |
Germans
occupy Rome. |
| |
23rd |
Mussolini
declares Fascist government in Northern Italy.
|
| |
25th |
Soviets
re-take Smolensk. |
| October |
13th |
Official
Italian Govt. declares war on Germany |
| November |
6th |
Soviets
re-capture Kiev |
| 1944 |
|
|
| January |
6th |
Soviets
advance into Poland |
| |
22nd |
Allied
landings in Anzio |
| |
27th |
End
of Leningrad siege |
| March |
19th |
Hungary
occupied by Germans |
| April |
10th |
Soviets
capture Odessa |
| May |
9th |
Sevastapol
to Soviets |
| |
18th |
Monte
Casino to Poles |
| June |
4th |
Rome
captured by Allies. |
| |
6th |
Operation
Neptune/Overlord (D-Day) - Allied invasion of
Normandy. (Bad weather delayed start) |
| |
27th |
US
Army captures Cherbourg. |
| July |
3rd |
Soviets
re-capture Minsk. |
| |
7th |
Japanese
defeat on Saipan. |
| |
9th |
Allies
capture Caen. |
| |
20th |
German
assassination attempt on Hitler fails. |
| |
21st |
US
landings on Guam. |
| |
25th |
Beginning
of Operation Cobra - Allied breakout from Normandy.
|
| |
28th |
Soviets
take Brest-Litovsk. |
| August |
4th |
Allies
liberate Florence. |
| |
15th |
Operation
Anvil - Allied landings in South of France. |
| |
25th |
Allies
liberate Paris. |
| |
28th |
Liberation
of Marseilles/Toulon. |
| |
30th |
Germans
abandon Bulgaria. |
| |
31st |
Soviets
capture Bucharest. |
| September |
2nd |
Pisa
liberated. |
| |
3rd |
Antwerp/Brussels
liberated. |
| |
5th |
Soviets
declare war on Bulgaria. |
| |
12th |
Le
Havre liberated. |
| |
17th |
Operation
Market Garden - failed airborne assault in Holland.
|
| |
22nd |
Boulogne
liberated. |
| |
26th |
Estonia
occupied by Soviets. 28th - Liberation of Calais.
|
| October |
1st |
Soviets
enter Yugoslavia. |
| |
4th |
Allies
land in Greece. |
| |
14th |
Athens
liberated. |
| |
20th |
Liberation
of Belgrade. |
| |
21st |
Allies
capture Aachen. |
| |
23rd |
Soviets
enter East Prussia. |
| November |
4th |
Surrender
of Axis forces in Greece. |
| |
24th |
French
capture Strasbourg. |
| December |
16th |
German
attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge
begins. |
| |
26th |
US
troops hold Bastogne - Ardennes offensive stalls.
|
| 1945 |
|
|
| January |
1st |
Germans
withdraw Ardennes. |
| |
16th |
German
Ardennes "Bulge" eliminated. |
| |
17th |
Soviets
capture Warsaw. |
| |
26th |
Japanese
retreat to Chinese coast. |
| |
26th |
Soviets
liberate Auschwitz. |
| February |
2nd |
Trier
captured by Allies. |
| |
4th |
Manila
falls to Allies. |
| |
17th |
Koblenz
falls to Allies. |
| |
19th |
Japanese
evacuate Mandalay. |
| |
19th |
US
landings on Iwo Jima. |
| |
20th |
Saarbrucken
captured by Allies. |
| |
20th |
Danzig
captured by Soviets. |
| |
23rd |
Poznan
falls to Soviets. |
| March |
10th |
Massive
US firebombing attack on Tokyo flatten city. |
| April |
1st |
US
invades Okinawa. |
| |
10th |
Hanover
falls to Allies. |
| |
11th |
Soviets
and Yugoslavs sign treaty. |
| |
12th |
US
President Roosevelt dies - Truman becomes President.
|
| |
13th |
Soviets
capture Vienna. |
| |
13th |
Buchenwald
CC liberated |
| |
15th |
Allies
capture Arnhem. |
| |
20th |
Nuremburg
falls to Allies. |
| |
23rd |
Soviets
enter Berlin. |
| |
28th |
Mussolini
executed by partisans. |
| |
29th |
Dachau
CC Liberated |
| |
30th |
Hitler
commits suicide. |
| May |
2nd |
German
forces in Italy surrender. |
| |
4th |
German
forces in Holland, Denmark and N W Germany surrender.
|
| |
5th |
Ceasefire
on Western Front. |
| |
7th |
German
unconditional surrender. |
| |
8th |
VE
Day |
| |
9th |
Soviets
occupy Prague. |
| |
9th |
Liberation
of Channel Islands. |
| |
14th |
Ebensee
CC (Austria) liberated |
| |
28th |
Lord
Haw-Haw captured |
| June |
10th |
Australians
invade Borneo. |
| |
22nd |
US
forces capture Okinawa. |
| July |
16th |
1st
Atomic bomb tested New Mexico desert. |
| August |
6th |
Atomic
bomb dropped on Hiroshima. |
| |
8th |
Soviets
declare war on Japan. |
| |
9th |
Atomic
bomb dropped on Nagasaki. |
| |
14th |
Japanese
surrender. |
| |
15th |
VJ
Day declared. |
| |
25th |
Lend-Lease
ended |
| September |
5th |
British
land in Singapore. |
| |
7th |
Japanese
surrender Shanghai. |
| |
9th |
Surrender
of remaining Japanese forces in China. |
| |
13th |
Japanese
surrender in Burma. |
| |
16th |
Japanese
surrender in Hong Kong. |
| December |
31st |
Nazi
War Crimes Trials @ Nuremberg |
