WWll: Before, During and After
What Led Up To The War: A trip down 1930s:
It all began when Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany. During the time that Hitler began his rule as a dictator, Japan and Germany made moves and left the League of nations. After doing so, the German military entered a different region, the neutral Saar region, allowing Hitler to take over the German military. Hitler motions the military to enter the demilitarized Rhine region, created a German-Italian power force now known as "Axis."
By 1939, Hitler had conducted numerous plans of invasion, including the take over of Czechoslovakia. Meanwhile the Polish intelligence agrees to pass all of its knowings about the German Enigma machine to the British and French intelligence. In August, 1939, Germany and Russia agreed to sign a non-agression pact, which concluded that together, they would invade Poland.
On September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and World War 2 began.
Once War Is Declared: A Month-By-Month Timeline
1939
September
October
November
1940
January
June
1939
September
- Britain and France declare war on Germany
- Russia Invades Poland, the remaining Polish forces all surrender
- US becomes aware, declares "limited national emergency"
- Russia invades Finland
October
- All Polish forces surrender
November
- Russia invades Finland
1940
January
- British intelligence decodes German Enigma messages
- Russian vs. Finland war ends, causing Hitler to believe that the Russian military is no longer effective
- Germany invades Denmark and Norway
- Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg
June
- Norway surrenders
- Italy declares war on France and Britain
- German troops are motioned into Paris
- Russia invades Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
- French Surrender
- Russia annexes eastern regions of Romania
- Germany takes over British Channel Islands, beginning The Battle of Britain air campaign
- The night bombers bomb Berlin
- Hitler motions to change the objective of Luftwaffe to bombing London, allowing R.A.F to recover and win against Britain.
- Italy invades Egypt from Libya, beginning the North African Campaign