WW2 Timeline

By ttmiller
  • 1939 BCE

    The Soviet Union

    The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
  • 1939 BCE

    Honoring

    Honoring their guarantee of Poland's borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
  • 1939 BCE

    Warsaw Captured

    at 12:00 a ceasefire agreement was signed and all fighting halted.
  • 1939 BCE

    UK Wins War's First Sea Battle

    fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939 as the first British naval battle of the Second World War.

  • the invasion ofblitzkrieg poland

    marked the beginning of World War II and served as the first major application of Blitzkrieg (lightning war)

  • the British naval

    Norway protested the British naval mining of its territorial waters. · The German cruiser Admiral Hipper sank the British destroyer

  • Battle of Dunkirk

    over 338,000 British and French troops were safely evacuated from Dunkirk.

  • Germany invaded the Netherlands

    Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.

  • British and French

    over 338,000 British and French troops were safely evacuated from Dunkirk. Critical to this process was the British Royal Air Force,