World War II timeline from 1939 to 1945

World War II timeline from 1939 to 1945

This is the World War II timeline from 1939 to 1945 of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: a alternate star trek timeline.

September 1st 1939

The Germans begin their invasion of Poland.



September 17th 1939

The Soviet Union invades eastern Poland.

 

October 8th 1939

Germany annexes western Poland, ending the polish campaign.



March 6th 1940

Adolf Hitler approves the new plan for the invasion of west Europe during a military conference in Berlin, the plan put forward by Gerd von Rundstedt calls for an invasion of Belgium, Luxembourg and France with the decisive thrust to be mounted through the Ardennes. Adolf Hitler also agreed to Gerd von Rundstedt plan that invading the Netherlands is considered unwise as numerous SD and Gestapo reports indicate that the kingdom of the Netherlands has a larger and better trained armed forces then thoughed and that the rumors of strange and mysteries weapons being in the possessions of the Netherlands have convince Hitler that the Netherlands is not to be invaded for the time being.



March 19th 1940

The Netherlands declare a state of siege to extend trough out the Netherlands.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 9th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">Germany invades Denmark and Norway.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 5th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The royal Netherlands armed forces cancelles all leave for soldiers and officers belonging to the royal Dutch army, navy and air force.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 10th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The Germans begin their invasion of Belgium and Luxembourg.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 11th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg surrenders.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 12t 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">German panzer columns push out from the Ardennes, heavy uses of German paratroopers reported across Belgium.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 14th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force reports to the commander in chief of the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces that the Fokker D-21, D-22 and Fokker G-1 fighters in the first days of the German invasion have intercepted Luftwaffe fighters, bombers and transport more than 100 times, the commander also reports that of all interceptions the D-22 was the superior.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 17th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The Royal Netherlands Army begins allowing its divisions to give leave to its soldiers in small numbers, it’s also announces that the state of siege is lifted except the province of Limburg, Brabant and Zeeland where large numbers of Belgium refuges have escaped to.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 28th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The kingdom of Belgium surrenders to the Germans.

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<p class="MsoNormal">June 10th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The kingdom of Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom, the kingdom of Norway also surrenders to Germany on this day.

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<p class="MsoNormal">June 25th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The French republic surrenders to Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">June 29th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The Netherlands government announces that it will establish full diplomatic relations with the Vichy government and free French.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 7th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The government of Germany asks the Netherlands, United States of America and other neutrals countries to withdraw diplomatic missions from Belgium and Luxembourg.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 10th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The Luftwaffe began raids on channel shipping from airbases in occupied Belgium and France.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 11th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The RAF conducts raids on enemy emplacements in Belgium and German munitions factories, several British bombers are forced to land in Dutch airspace and their pilots are brought to an internment camp in the province of Utrecht, while Luftwaffe pilots who either are forced to land in the Netherlands or are forced to land by fighters of the royal Dutch air force are brought to an internment camp in the province of Friesland.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 16th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The battle of Britain continues as the Luftwaffe is hampered by poor aircraft range and extensive radar use by the British. The Royal Netherlands Air Force, using both Den Helder and Nieuw-Milligen radar stations send daily message to their British counterparts trough the British embassy in Amsterdam.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 24th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The Luftwaffe mistakenly bomb Coventry, a day later prime minister Churchill orders the bombing of Berlin in retaliation for the bombing of Coventry.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 26th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The city of Berlin is bombed by the RAF, as has happen before a couple of times those RAF bombers who were damaged are forced to land in the Netherlands as the pilots flying them feel it is better to be in an intermment camp in the Netherlands then being prisoner in Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 3rd 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The invasion of Britain is canceled by Hitler.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 17th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The British intercepted decoded messages revealing that Hitler had postphoned his invasion of Great Britain until further notice. These messages were also intercepted by the royal Netherlands military intelligence service headquarters in The Hague and where reason for relieve in the Dutch government, that Hitler was also not in this time able to invade Great Britain.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 27th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The tripartite pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 15th 1940

<p class="MsoNormal">The British forces begin to drive the Italians out of Egypt and begin invading Libya.

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<p class="MsoNormal">February 7th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Third internment camp on the Netherlands island of Texel begins receiving British air crews forced to land their bombers or fighters in the Netherlands, under a secret agreement between the Netherlands and Great Britain the air crews are to be hold for four weeks before being allowed to escape the internment camp. The other internment camp is located in the province of Utrecht and is to become a transition camp to the Texel internment camp, the Germans who are being held in an internment camp in the province of Friesland don’t have the luxury of escaping as they are closely guarded by the Royal Dutch Army, despite numerous protest from Germany for their release.

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<p class="MsoNormal">February 15th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">The Germans begin planning a take-over of Switzerland, Sweden and the Netherlands when the war against the Soviet Union is over.

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<p class="MsoNormal">March 18th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">In Berlin a meeting between Adolf Hitler and the Japanese ambassador baron Hiroshi Ōshima is held in which Adolf Hitler warns the Japanese ambassador that the empire of Japan is not to attack the Netherlands East Indies as the Germans have intelligences that the Netherlands are stronger than they appear and that wass one of the reasons why Germany did not invade the kingdom. He also warns that Germany will not declare war against the Netherlands if Japan attacks the Netherlands East Indies.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 6th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">German forces invade Greece.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 13th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Japan and the Soviet Union sign a five-year non-aggression pact.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 24th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Adolf Hitler meets with the Japanese foreign minister Yosuke Matsuoka where he tells that Germany will fight with the empire against the United States if a conflict between Japan and the United States will happen but not against the Netherlands. To prove that the Netherlands are stronger then they appears he shows the Japanese foreign minister several pictures taken by German agents operating in the Netherlands, the pictures show a strange aircraft floating a couple of meters above ground with the name KNRS Huygens.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 27th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Greece surrenders to the Germans.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 19th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">A member belonging to the oversight commission gives the British naval attaché in Netherlands a warning that the Germans are going to launch an invasion of Crete in the next 24 hours.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 20th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">German paratroopers land on Crete, but despite the warning given by the Netherlands the Germans still manage to surprise the British, Commonwealth and Greek forces on the island.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 24th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">After four days of fighting the battle for Crete, despite the warning of the oversight commission to the British, is turning to become another victory for the Germans.

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<p class="MsoNormal">June 4th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Former Kaiser Wilhelm dies in his home in Apeldoorn at age 82; he will be buried in a small ceremony which will also be attended by the German ambassador to the Netherlands.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 20th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">German paratroopers land on Crete.

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<p class="MsoNormal">June 22nd 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Germany launches operation Barbarossa invading the Soviet Union along an 1100-mile front with three million soldiers.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 2nd 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">An Imperial conference is held in Japan where its leaders decide to try to settle the conflict in China, advance into southern regions and prepare for war with the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States if diplomacy fails.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 29th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Great Britain, the United States and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and halt most trade.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 1st 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">A day after the United States began its oil embargo of Japan, the Netherlands government orders all trade to stop with Japan.

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<p class="MsoNormal">November 3rd 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Admiral Yamamoto’s plan to attack Pearl Harbor is approved.

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<p class="MsoNormal">November 26th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">A fleet of 6 aircraft carriers, 33 warships and auxiliary, commanded by Japanese vice admiral Nagumo leaves Hitokapu Bay for Pearl Harbor under strict radio silence.

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<p class="MsoNormal">November 28th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">The Netherlands government begins taking measure after they were informed that the Japanese attack fleet had left port and were heading towards Pearl Harbor.

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<p class="MsoNormal">November 29th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">The Netherlands declare a state of siege to be in effect for all eleven provinces of the Netherlands, the Netherlands East Indies also declare a state of siege troughout the colony.

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<p class="MsoNormal">November 30th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">All leave for the soldiers and officers belonging to the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps special operations battalion, Royal Netherlands Army 2nd special forces regiment, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army and all Netherlands marines battalions present in the Netherlands East Indies is canceled, the royal Netherlands armed forces also begins canceling all leave for its soldiers and officers belonging to the army, navy and air force present in the Netherlands.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 1st 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">A colonel belonging to the royal Netherlands military intelligence service informs the prime minister that the Japanese Pearl harbor attack fleet is still heading towards its target. With this information the prime minister and vice admiral Janssen decide that the Netherlands must destroy the Japanese Pearl harbor attack fleet before they have the change to attack Pearl Harbor in the hopes that the empire of Japan will not go to war with the United States and drag the Netherlands into a war which could result in Germany declaring war against them and invade the Netherlands mainland.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 4th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">As ordered by the prime minister, the KNRS Amsterdam fires its special modified photon torpedo in the middle of the Japanese Pearl harbor attack fleet, sinking the Japanese carriers Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, Hiryū, Shōkaku and Zuikaku, the battleships Hiei and Kirishima and the cruisers Tone and Chikuma, thereby destroying a large part of Japanese Pearl harbor attack fleet.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 5th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">The Japanese Imperial Navy is informed trough radio from the light cruiser Abukuma, which was part of the Pearl Harbor attack fleet that, the six carriers and many other warships have been sunk by a unknown event.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Admiral Yamamoto, after he is informed of the news concerning the destruction of the Pearl harbor attack fleet, meets with prime minister Tōjō, who tells him that all actions against the United States, Netherlands and great Britain are to going to be canceled.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 6th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Ordered by prime minister Tōjō, the Japanese imperial general headquarters cancels all planned operations against the United States, Great Britain and the Netherlands which were to begin on December 7th.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 10th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">The Soviet Union launches a large scale offensive along the eastern front against Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 15th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">The state of siege is lifted in eight of the eleven provinces of the Netherlands, also the yellow alert onboard the KNRS Amsterdam and the land bases belonging to the royal Dutch space force are lifted.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 14th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Japanese ambassador to Germany Oshima tells Adolf Hitler about the destruction of the Pearl Harbor attack fleet and the decision of the Japanese government in not declaring war against the United States, Great Britain and the Netherlands after the decisions to call all operations against them.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 27th 1941

<p class="MsoNormal">Admiral Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Imperial Navy, resigns his function under pressure of the imperial government, who blame him for the loss of the Pearl harbor attack fleet even if they knew that he was not the one to blame for the lose but due to him being the master mind of the attack, he is being made the person to take the fall for it.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 7th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">Soviet forces launch counteroffensives along the whole German/Russian front.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 13th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">By order of Adolf Hitler, German submarines begin attacking coastal shipping on the east coast of the United States in order to prevent ships with US flags from transporting goods to Great Britain, despite the risk of creating a situation in which the United States will declare war against Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 21st 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">German forces under the command of Rommel in North Africa strike back at British forces.

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<p class="MsoNormal">February 11th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">The German battle cruisers KMS Scharnhorst, KMS Gneisenau and KMS Prinz Eugen rush out of Brest through the English channel towards the German port of Wilhelmshaven. Using information provided by the royal Dutch military intelligence service, more then 417 fighters and 276 bombers belonging to the RAF and six destroyer escorts and 32 motor torpedo boats belonging to the royal navy are waiting for them. In the attack the battle cruisers KMS Scharnhorst is sunk with the loss of 1,768 men while KMS Prinz Eugen sinks with 1,000 of its men. KMS Gneisenau is severely damaged and forced to return to Brest for repairs, the RAF and the Royal Navy lose only 1 destroyer and 42 aircraft.

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<p class="MsoNormal">February 13th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">German admiral Erich Raeder proposes to Adolf Hitler that Germany's primary military tasks is to capture Egypt and drive through to the Middle East, and for the armies in the Soviet Union to capture Murmansk and seize oil wells in the Caucasus.

<p class="MsoNormal">He also suggest that war production should shift to submarines and planes in order to keep the pressure on Great Britain.

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<p class="MsoNormal">March 6th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">Adolf Hitler denies orders for battleship KMS Tirpitz to leave the Norwegian fjord it is in order for her to intercept a British convoy heading to the Soviet Union, as he fears that the KMS Tirpitz will end up sharing the same fate as KMS Scharnhorst and KMS Prinz Eugen who were sunk in the battle of the English channel.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 16th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">A ship with the United States flag leaves a harbor on the east coast carrying several hundred female nurses and doctors who have volunteered for service in British hospitals.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 24th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">A German wolf pack attacks the convoy in which the passenger ship carrying the nurses and doctors are in. despite knowing that the ship is part of the convoy a torpedo fired by one of the German submarines hits the ship and more than 300 passengers are killed. The ship which is put ablaze by the hit sinks a half hour later, but not before US destroyers manage to pick up passengers from the ship.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 25th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">American president Roosevelt makes a speech in congress declaring that Germany attacked a ship of mercy, and that as of April 25th the United States is now at war with the German third Reich.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 26th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">Having not decided what to do about the United States declaration of war, Adolf Hitler issues orders for the German kriegsmarine to attack American ships anywhere without limitations.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Japanese ambassador to Germany Oshima informs minister of foreign affair Joachim von Ribbentrop that the empire of Japan will remain neutral in the German conflict with the United States and will not declare war against them.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 27th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">Adolf Hitler decides to declare war on the United States of America.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 28th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">In the Reichstag in Germany, Adolf Hitler announces his declaration of war on the United States of America.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Italy declares war on the United States of America, the same day the US Congress also declares war on Italy.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 30th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">Bulgaria and Hungary declare war on the United States of America.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 10th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meets with American Chiefs of Staff in Washington to discuss the strategy against Germany and the possibility that the Empire of Japan will side with Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">June 13th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">German submarines begin an assault on coastal shipping on the east coast of the United States.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 5th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.

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<p class="MsoNormal">After some persuasion Adolf Hitler allows German battleship KMS Tirpitz and accompanying ships to attack a British convoy heading towards the Soviet port of Murmansk, only after some time it is learned that the convoy's escort ships have left the convoy, so KMS Tirpitz heads back and leaves the convoy's destruction for the submarines and the Luftwaffe.This shows Hitler again that the future in naval warfare lies not with the surface ships but with the submarine.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 19th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">President Roosevelt signs executive order 9066 allowing the secretary of war to exclude any persons from areas to provide security against sabotage and espionage, these zones affect the Germans and Italians living on the east coast and on the west coast.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 22nd 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">Mexico declares war against Germany and Italy.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 5th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">The Yamato class battleship Musashi is commissioned at Nagasaki She and her sister-ship Yamato are the last of their class to be commissioned as the Japanese Imperial Navy, after the mysterious destruction of their Pearl harbor attack fleet, is focusing their attention on rebuilding their carrier fleet and having lost prestige to the Japanese Imperial Army are not receiving the funds to build new battleships or cruisers.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 18th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">General Montgomery takes command of the British 8th army in Egypt.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 22nd 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy, partly in response to numerous riots by a population angry at the sinking of Brazilian ships.

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<p class="MsoNormal">October 5th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">257 British bombers attack Aachen in Germany, but due to bad weather many bombs are dropped on nearby Lutterade in the Netherlands province of Limburg killing 83 people. This is the largest bombing by mistake either by the British or Germans over neutral Netherlands since the start of the war in 1939.

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<p class="MsoNormal">November 8th 1942

<p class="MsoNormal">Operation Torch begins as American and British forces land in Northern Africa.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 9th 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">Soviet forces surrounding Stalingrad ask for the surrender of the German 6th Army.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 14th 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American president Franklin Roosevelt meet at Casablanca, Morocco where they agree on the unconditional surrender of Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">February 1st 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">A British Stirling bomber carrying an advance British designed radar crashes on Netherlands soil after its crew were forced to choice to crash in German occupied Belgium or neutral Netherland, after the crew, who died on impact, where headed over to the British embassy, a team belonging to the royal Dutch air force used advance explosives to destroy the remains of the bomber.

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<p class="MsoNormal">February 2nd 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">The remainder of the German 6th army surrenders at Stalingrad.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 13th 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">The German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 25th 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy has prime minister Mussolini arrested, and appoints Marshal Pietro Badoglio as new prime minister.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 23rd 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">The battle of Kursk ends with a serious strategic defeat for the German forces.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 8th 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">General Dwight Eisenhower announces the surrender of Italy on radio; an hour later, Italian prime minister marshal Badoglio also announces the surrender of Italy to the allies.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 22nd 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">Carriers USS Yorktown, USS Lexington and USS Essex, from the safety of the North sea, launch an air strike against Kaafjord, northern Norway, where the German battleship KMS Tirpitz is laying. in the air strike more than 1,000 of Tirpitz crew of 1,700 die and the battleship sinks to the bottom of the fjord.

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<p class="MsoNormal">October 13th 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 4th 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">Bolivia declares war on Germany and her remaining allies in Europe.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 26th 1943

<p class="MsoNormal">United States navy and the British Royal Navy warships sink the German battle cruiser KMS Scharnhorst and two of her escorting destroyers in the battle of the North Cape.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 4th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The 1st Ukrainian front belonging to the Soviet Union enters Poland.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 20th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The German siege of Leningrad is lifted.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 22nd 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">United States and British troops land a force of 50,000 men at Anzio, Italy, south of Rome.

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<p class="MsoNormal">March 4th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The United States Army and Air Force makes its first attack on the German capitol of Berlin.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 3rd 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">A reconnaissance plane belonging to the British fleet air arm flies over Kaafjord, northern Norway, where the sunken German battleship KMS Tirpitz is. The reconnaissance plane confirms that the Germans are not making any attempts to raise her.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 17th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The Japanese imperial army launches a massive operation in the Chinese provinces of Henan, Hubei, Guangxi and Hunan. More than 600,000 men are involved in the largest land operation ever conducted by the Japanese imperial army in china, facing them are 345,000 men belonging to the Chinese national revolutionary army.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 18th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">American battleship USS California joins USS Arkansas in Northern Ireland waters, preparing for her new role as shore bombardment ship at the upcoming invasion of Normandy.

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<p class="MsoNormal">June 6th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The allies begin their invasion of Normandy, France.

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<p class="MsoNormal">June 12th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Germany launches the first V-1 flying bombs against Britain from launch sites in occupied Belgium.

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<p class="MsoNormal">July 20th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">A failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler is made.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 15th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The Allies launch a second invasion of France, between Cannes and Toulon.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 22nd 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">British fleet air arm torpedo bombers with escorting fighters attack the German battleship KMS Gneisenau which is laying in a dock in Kiel where she was undergoing a replacement of her turrets. the attack results in fires breaking out which set off an explosion that destroys most of her bow.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 23rd 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Romania breaks with Germany, surrenders to the Soviet Union and joins the Allies.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 25th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Finland requests an armistice with the Soviet Union.

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<p class="MsoNormal">The French city of Paris is liberated

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<p class="MsoNormal">Augustus 26th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Romania declares war on Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 2nd 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Allied troops enter Belgium.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 9th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Bulgaria signs an armistice with the Allies.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 19th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Finland and the Soviet Union sign an armistice, ending the conflict between their countries.

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<p class="MsoNormal">November 2nd 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Canadian troops take Zeebrugge in Belgium, Belgium is now entirely liberated.

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<p class="MsoNormal">September 11th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Due through heavy allied bombing of the German V-2 rocket launch sites in occupied Belgium, the Germans moved them forty miles inside Germany. this cause problems for the Netherlands as now V-2 rockets will fly over the country towards targets in England and allied controlled Antwerp. The air defense command headquarters in Den Haag puts all eleven provinces air defense commands to high alert with radar stations Den Helder and Nieuw-Milligen, who have been upgraded heavily since they first came online, will track and report any V-2 rocket flying over the Netherlands and report any over flight to the provinces air defense commands.

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<p class="MsoNormal">November 28th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The first Allied convoy enters the port of Antwerp since its liberation in September. The allies are allowed to use Netherlands waters as long as they are not escorted by warships who have to remain outside Netherlands territorial waters, the royal Netherlands Navy, who has guaranteed a free passage of sea mines, is doubling its patrol in order to prevent the Germans from laying mines or hampering the allied convoys.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 7th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">At the Belgium city of Liege a conference is held by General Dwight Eisenhower, who announces the decision for the main land effort into Germany to be led by British field marshal Bernard Montgomery.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 15th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The battle of the Bulge begins as German forces attempt a breakthrough in the Ardennes region.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 20th 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">The Japanese imperial army operation against the Chinese national revolutionary army ends with more than 76,000 Chinese being killed, wounded or captured, while the Japanese imperial army loses only 17,000 killed or wounded.

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<p class="MsoNormal">December 31st 1944

<p class="MsoNormal">Hungary, now led by a Soviet controlled government, declares war on Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">January 20th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">German forces in Hungary surrender to the Soviet army.

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<p class="MsoNormal">February 4th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Belgium is now cleared of all German forces.

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<p class="MsoNormal">March 27th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">The Western Allies slow their advance and allow the Soviet army to take Berlin.

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<p class="MsoNormal">March 28th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Argentina declares war on Germany, the last Western hemisphere country to do so.

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<p class="MsoNormal">March 29th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">The Soviet army enters Austria, the Allies take Frankfurt.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 7th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Japanese admiral Toyoda, commander-in-chief of the combined fleet orders the battleship Yamato and four carriers to being operations along the coast of the Chinese province of Guangxi in order to show that not all glory belongs to the imperial Japanese army.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 12th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies suddenly, vice president Harry S. Truman becomes president of the United States.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 15th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">The Japanese battleship Yamato, aircraft carriers Taihō, Hiyō, Junyō and light air craft carrier Shōhō and their escort begin bombing missions against Chinese forces in the Chinese province of Guangxi.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 21st 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Soviet forces launch assaults on the German forces in and around the city of Berlin.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 25th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">First contact between Soviet troops and American troops at the river Elbe, near Torgau in Germany.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 27th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Soviet army’s complete the encirclement of German forces in Berlin.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 28th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Benito Mussolini is captured by Italian Partisans and killed.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 27th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Hitler commit suicide inside the Führerbunker.

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<p class="MsoNormal">April 30th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">United States Strategic air forces in Europe and the British air ministry declare an end to strategic bombing in Europe.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 2nd 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">The battle of Berlin ends when German general Helmuth Weidling, commander of the Berlin defense area, unconditionally surrenders the city of Berlin to Soviet General Vasily Chuikov.

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<p class="MsoNormal">British field marshal Montgomery tells German General of the Army, Admiral Hans von Friedeburg and three others to unconditionally surrender all German forces in Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, and all other islands.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 4th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Near Hamburg, the unconditional surrender of one million troops in German land, sea, and air forces in Denmark, and northern Germany facing the Canadian 1st army and British 2nd army is arranged.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 5th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Denmark is liberated by Allied troops.

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<p class="MsoNormal">The Dutch government decide to close the internment camp on the island of Texel and the internment camp in the province of Utrecht where British and American airman were held. The internment camp in the province of Friesland where Germans airman are held is to remain open as the Germans for now have place to return to.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 7th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">The Dutch government announces that the 100,000 refugees living in refugee camps in the Netherlands provinces of North Brabant, Zeeland and Limburg can leave to their home countries of Germany or Belgium when the situation is stable enough.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 8th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Washington, D.C., US President Harry Truman officially announces the unconditional surrender of Germany, and with it the World War II is officially over.

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<p class="MsoNormal">May 10th 1945

<p class="MsoNormal">Moscow radio announces Josef Stalin's proclamation of the unconditional surrender of Germany.