World War II Timeline

1939
1st September 1939 Germany Invades Poland ....More
3rd September 1939 Britain declares war. ....More
4th September 1939 RAF raid German warships at Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuttel ....More
14th October 1939 HMS Royal Oak torpedoed at Scapa Flow ....More
13th December 1939 Battle of the River Plate ....More
1940
10th May 1940 Germany invades France ....More
11th May 1940 Churchill gives Bomber Command permission to bomb Berlin ....More
20th May 1940 German tanks reach Abbeville ....More
26th May 1940 Operation Dynamo begins. Evacuation at Dunkirk ....More
28th May 1940 Belgium surrenders to the Germans ....More
5th June 1940 German offensive on the Somme ....More
10th June 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain ....More
1942
27th January 1942 Bomber Command Raid on Kiel ....More
1943
27th January 1943 Bomber Command Raid on Dusseldorf ....More
16th May 1943 Operation Chastise. The Dams Raid. ....More
17th August 1943 Peenemunde Raid ....More
18th August 1943 Leaflet Raid ....More
1944
21st January 1944 Bomber Command raid on Magdeburg ....More
27th January 1944 Bomber Command Raid on Berlin ....More
1945
18th January 1945 Mosquito Operations ....More
27th January 1945 Mosquito Operations ....More