HISTORICAL TIMELINE
Sep/ Oct 1939 Poland Germans
invade
Sep/ Oct 1939 Warsaw Germans capture
Sep/ Oct 1939 Poland Surrenders
Nov/ Dec 1939 Finland Russia invades
Jan/ Feb 1940 Finland Surrenders
Mar/ Apr 1940 Denmark Germans invade
Mar/ Apr 1940 Denmark Surrenders
Mar/ Apr 1940 Norway Germans invade
Mar/ Apr 1940 Oslo Germans capture
Mar/ Apr 1940 Norway Surrenders
May/ Jun 1940 Norway Allies land at Narvik
May/ Jun 1940 Norway Allies withdraw troops
May/ Jun 1940 Netherlands Germany invades
May/ Jun 1940 Belgium Germany invades
May/ Jun 1940 France Germany invades
May/ Jun 1940 Antwerp Germany captures
May/ Jun 1940 Paris Germany captures
May/ Jun 1940 Brest Germany captures
May/ Jun 1940 Bordeaux Germany captures
May/ Jun 1940 Netherlands Surrenders
May/ Jun 1940 Belgium Surrenders
May/ Jun 1940 France Surrenders
May/ Jun 1940 Italy Joins Axis
Jul/ Aug 1940 Hungary Joins Axis
Jul/ Aug 1940 Rumania Joins Axis
Sep/ Oct 1940 Egypt Italy invades
Nov/ Dec 1940 Greece Italy invades
Nov/ Dec 1940 Egypt Allies attack Italians
Jan/ Feb 1941 Bulgaria Joins Axis
Jan/ Feb 1941 Tobruk Allies capture
Mar/ Apr 1941 Yugoslavia Germany invades
Mar/ Apr 1941 Belgrade Germany captures
Mar/ Apr 1941 Yugoslavia Surrenders
Mar/ Apr 1941 Greece Germany invades
Mar/ Apr 1941 Athens Axis capture
Mar/ Apr 1941 Greece Allies evacuate
Mar/ Apr 1941 Tobruk Allied forces isolated
May/ Jun 1941 Crete Germany invades
May/ Jun 1941 Crete Allies evacuate
May/ Jun 1941 Russia Germany invades
May/ Jun 1941 Minsk Axis capture
May/ Jun 1941 Riga Axis capture
Jul/ Aug 1941 Kiev Axis capture
Sep/ Oct 1941 Odessa Axis capture
Sep/ Oct 1941 Smolensk Axis capture
Sep/ Oct 1941 Kursk Axis capture
Nov/ Dec 1941 Tobruk Allied forces relieved
Nov/ Dec 1941 Stalino Axis capture
May/ Jun 1942 Tobruk Axis capture
Jul/ Aug 1942 Egypt 1st Battle of El Alamein
Jul/ Aug 1942 Voronezh Axis capture
Jul/ Aug 1942 Rostov Axis capture
Jul/ Aug 1942 Maykop Axis capture48
Sep/ Oct 1942 Stalingrad Axis attack
Sep/ Oct 1942 Egypt 2nd Battle of El Alamein
Nov/ Dec 1942 Morocco Allies amphibiously invade
Nov/ Dec 1942 Algeria Allies amphibiously invade
Nov/ Dec 1942 Tunisia Allies attack
Nov/ Dec 1942 Stalingrad Russian counterattack
Jan/ Feb 1943 Maykop Russians capture
Jan/ Feb 1943 Rostov Russians capture
Jan/ Feb 1943 Voronezh Russians capture
Jan/ Feb 1943 Kursk Russians capture
Jan/ Feb 1943 Tripoli Allies capture
Jan/ Feb 1943 Tunisia Battle of Kasserine Pass
May/ Jun 1943 Tunis Allies capture
Jul/ Aug 1943 Kursk Battle of Kursk
Jul/ Aug 1943 Sicily Allies invade/ capture
Sep/ Oct 1943 Smolensk Russians capture
Sep/ Oct 1943 Stalino Russians capture
Sep/ Oct 1943 Taranto Allies capture
Sep/ Oct 1943 Italy Surrenders
Nov/ Dec 1943 Kiev Russians capture
Mar/ Apr 1944 Odessa Russians capture
May/ Jun 1944 France Allies invade Normandy
Jun 1944 Rome Allies capture
47Date Jul/ Aug 1944 Minsk Russians capture
Jul/ Aug 1944 Bucharest Russians capture
Jul/ Aug 1944 Marseilles Allies capture
Jul/ Aug 1944 Paris Allies capture
Sep/ Oct 1944 Netherlands Operation Market- Garden
Sep/ Oct 1944 Riga Russians capture
Sep/ Oct 1944 Belgrade Russians capture
Sep/ Oct 1944 Brest Allies capture
Sep/ Oct 1944 Antwerp Allies capture
Nov/ Dec 1944 Belgium Battle of the Bulge
Jan/ Feb 1945 Budapest Russians capture
Jan/ Feb 1945 Warsaw Russians capture
Mar/ Apr 1945 Munich Allies capture
Mar/ Apr 1945 Hannover Allies capture
Mar/ Apr 1945 Cologne Allies capture
Mar/ Apr 1945 Genoa Allies capture
May/ Jun 1945 Trieste Allies capture
May/ Jun 1945 Hamburg Allies capture
May/ Jun 1945 Konigsberg Russians capture
May/ Jun 1945 Prague Russians capture
May/ Jun 1945 Berlin Russians capture
May/ Jun 1945 Germany Surrenders
