01 Sep	1939: Germany invades Poland
03 Sep	1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany
10 May	1940: Churchill takes helm as Germans advance
04 Jun	1940: Dunkirk rescue is over - Churchill defiant
14 Jun	1940: German troops enter Paris
10 Jul	1940: Luftwaffe launches Battle of Britain
07 Sep	1940: London blitzed by German bombers
15 Sep	1940: Victory for RAF in Battle of Britain
15 Nov	1940: Germans bomb Coventry to destruction
22 Jun	1941: Hitler invades the Soviet Union
14 Aug	1941: Secret meetings seal US-Britain alliance
07 Dec	1941: Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor
11 Dec	1941: Germany and Italy declare war on US
15 Feb	1942: Singapore forced to surrender
15 Apr	1942: Malta gets George Cross for bravery
07 Jun	1942: Japanese beaten in Battle of Midway
19 Aug	1942: Allies launch daring raid on Dieppe
04 Nov	1942: Rommel goes on the run at El Alamein
01 Dec	1942: Beveridge lays welfare foundations
17 Dec	1942: Britain condemns massacre of Jews
02 Feb	1943: Germans surrender at Stalingrad
16 May	1943: Germans crush Jewish uprising
17 May	1943: RAF raid smashes German dams
10 Jul	1943: Western Allies invade Sicily
25 Jul	1943: Italian dictator Mussolini quits
03 Sep	1943: Allied troops invade mainland Italy
08 Sep	1943: Italy's surrender announced
01 Dec	1943: Allies united after Teheran conference
27 Jan	1944: Leningrad siege ends after 900 days
18 May	1944: Monte Cassino falls to the Allies
05 Jun	1944: Celebrations as Rome is liberated
06 Jun	1944: D-Day marks start of Europe invasion
20 Jul	1944: Hitler survives assassination attempt
01 Aug	1944: Uprising to free Warsaw begins
25 Aug	1944: Paris is liberated as Germans surrender
17 Sep	1944: Airborne invasion of Holland begins
26 Sep	1944: Airborne troops retreat from Arnhem
03 Oct	1944: Poles surrender after Warsaw uprising
17 Dec	1944: Germany counter-attacks in Ardennes
27 Jan	1945: Auschwitz death camp liberated
07 Feb	1945: Black Sea talks plan defeat of Germany
14 Feb	1945: Thousands of bombs shower Dresden
23 Feb	1945: US flag raised over Iwo Jima
15 Apr	1945: British troops liberate Bergen-Belsen
21 Apr	1945: Red Army enters outskirts of Berlin
27 Apr	1945: Russians and Americans link at Elbe
28 Apr	1945: Italian partisans kill Mussolini
01 May	1945: Germany announces Hitler is dead
07 May	1945: Germany signs unconditional surrender
08 May	1945: Rejoicing at end of war in Europe
21 Jun	1945: US troops take Okinawa
16 Jul	1945: Allied leaders gather at Potsdam
26 Jul	1945: Churchill loses general election
02 Sep	1945: Japan signs unconditional surrender