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History in an Hour is a series of ebooks to help the reader learn the basic facts of a given subject area. Everything you need to know is presented in a straightforward narrative and in chronological order. No embedded links to divert your attention, nor a daunting book of 600 pages with a 35-page introduction. Just straight in, to the point, sixty minutes, done. Then, having absorbed the basics, you may feel inspired to explore further.
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| 1939 | |
| 1 September | Germany invades Poland. |
| 3 September | Britain and France declare war on Germany. |
| 17 September | Soviet Union invades eastern Poland. |
| 27 September | Surrender of Warsaw. |
| 30 November | Soviet Union invades Finland. |
| 13 December | Battle of River Plate in the South Atlantic. |
| 1940 | |
| 12 March | Finland signs peace treaty with Soviet Union. |
| 9 April | Germany invades Denmark and Norway. |
| 10 May | Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. |
| 10 May | Winston Churchill becomes British prime minister. |
| 13 May | Bombing of Rotterdam. |
| 15 May | Holland surrenders to Germany. |
| 26 May | Start of the Dunkirk evacuation. |
| 28 May | Belgium surrenders to Germany. |
| 10 June | Capitulation of Norway. |
| 10 June | Italy declares war on Britain and France. |
| 14 June | Germans occupy Paris. |
| 18 June | Soviets annex Baltic states. |
| 22 June | France signs armistice with Germany. |
| 30 June | Germany begins occupation of the Channel Islands. |
| 3 July | British sink French fleet docked in Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria. |
| 11 July | Ptain becomes head of French Vichy government. |
| 13 August | Battle of Britain begins, |
| 13 September | Italy invades Egypt. |
| 15 September | Climax of Battle of Britain. |
| 27 September | Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact. |
| 7 October | German army moves into Romania. |
| 28 October | Italy invades Greece. |
| 14 November | Bombing of Coventry. |
| 14 November | Greek army repels Italians back into Albania. |
| 22 November | Italian army defeated by Greeks. |
| 9 December | British offensive begins in North Africa. |
| 1941 | |
| 22 January | British take Tobruk. |
| 11 March | USA passes Lend-Lease Bill. |
| 25 March | Yugoslavia signs Tripartite Pact. |
| 27 March | Yugoslavian government overthrown Yugoslavia leaves Pact. |
| 30 March | German Afrika Korps begins offensive in North Africa. |
| 6 April | Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece. |
| 12 April | Germans occupy Belgrade. |
| 13 April | Soviet Union and Japan sign neutrality pact. |
| 17 April | Yugoslav army surrenders to Germans. |
| 27 April | Germans capture Athens. |
| 20 May | German airborne invasion of Crete. |
| 24 May | The HMS Hood is sunk |
| 27 May | The Bismarck is sunk. |
| 31 May | British forces in Crete defeated. |
| 22 June | Operation Barbarossa Germany invades Soviet Union. |
| 22 June | Italy and Romania declare war on Soviet Union. |
| 26 June | Finland declares war on Soviet Union. |
| 7 July | German forces enter Estonia. |
| 16 July | Germans capture Smolensk. |
| 21 August | First Arctic Convoy to Russia leaves Iceland. |
| 28 August | German forces take Tallinn. |
| 8 September | Siege of Leningrad starts. |
| 19 September | Germans capture Kiev. |
| 24 October | Germans capture Kharkov. |
| 3 November | Germans capture Kursk. |
| 5 December | Germans abandon attack on Moscow. |
| 7 December | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| 7 December | Japan invades Malaya. |
| 8 December | USA and Allies declare war on Japan. (Soviet Union remains neutral.) |
| 10 December | British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse sunk off Malaya. |
| 11 December | Germany (and Italy) declares war on USA. |
| 11 December | Japan attacks Burma. |
| 25 December | Japanese capture Hong Kong. |
| 1942 | |
| 2 January | Japanese capture Manila. |
| 13 January | Soviets recapture Kiev. |
| 21 January | Japan invades Burma. |
| 15 February | Singapore falls to the Japanese. |
| 27 February | Battle of Java Sea. |
| 8 March | Japanese occupy Rangoon. |
| 9 March | Japanese conquest of Java completed. |
| 9 April | Japanese take Bataan. |
| 30 April | Japanese close Burma Road. |
| 6 May | Fall of Corregidor and surrender of US forces in the Philippines. |
| 48 May | Battle of Coral Sea. |
| 27 May | Japanese complete conquest of Burma. |
| 28 May | Germans defeat Soviets at Kharkov. |
| 30 May | RAF bomb Cologne. |
| 4 June | Battle of Midway. |
| 1 July | First Battle of El Alamein begins. |
| 7 August | USA lands on Guadalcanal. |
| 19 August | Britains Dieppe Raid. |
| 23 August | Stalingrad offensive begins. |
| 23 October | SecondBattle of El Alamein begins. |
| 8 November | Allies invade French North Africa. |
| 11 November | Germans occupy Vichy France. |
| 1943 | |
| 14 January | Casablanca Conference opens. |
| 23 January | British enter Tripoli. |
| 2 February | German surrender at Stalingrad. |
| 8 February | Soviets recapture Kursk. |
| 19 April | Jewish uprising in Warsaw Ghetto begins. |
| 7 May | Allies take Tunis. |
| 13 May | Axis forces in North Africa surrender. |
| 16 May | Jewish uprising in Warsaw Ghetto suppressed. |
| 4 July | Battle of Kursk begins. |
| 10 July | Allies land in Sicily. |
| 25 July | Overthrow and imprisonment of Mussolini. |
| 17 August | Allied conquest of Sicily complete. |
| 23 August | Soviets recapture Kharkov. |
| 3 September | Italy signs armistice. |
| 3 September | Allies land in southern Italy. |
| 8 September | Italy surrenders. Germans occupy Rome. |
| 12 September | Mussolini rescued. |
| 23 September | Mussolini declares fascist government in northern Italy. |
| 25 September | Soviets retake Smolensk. |
| 1 October | Allies capture Naples. |
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