Timeline of World War 2 from Oct 1939
Key events of the Second World War, 1939-1945, starting when Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany
Oct 1939:
Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany
8 Nov 1939:
Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
30 Nov 1939:
Soviets attack Finland
14 Dec 1939:
Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations
8 Jan 1940:
Rationing begins in Britain
12 Mar 1940:
Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets
16 Mar 1940:
Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland
18 Mar 1940:
Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munich
9 Apr 1940:
Nazis invade Denmark and Norway
10 May 1940:
Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
10 May 1940:
Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
15 May 1940:
Holland surrenders to the Nazis
26 May 1940:
Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins
28 May 1940:
Belgium surrenders to the Nazis
2 Jun 1940:
Germans bomb Paris
10 Jun 1940:
Norway surrenders to the Nazis
10 Jun 1940:
Italy declares war on Britain and France
14 Jun 1940:
Germans enter Paris
16 Jun 1940:
Marshal Pétain becomes French Prime Minister
18 Jun 1940:
Soviets begin occupation of the Baltic States
22 Jun 1940:
France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany
25 Jun 1940:
Hitler tours Paris
1 Jul 1940:
German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic
4 Jul 1940:
French Vichy government breaks off relations with Britain
10 Jul 1940:
Battle of Britain begins
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Timeline of World War 2 from Oct 1939
Key events of the Second World War, 1939-1945, starting when Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany