Historical context
DATES: WW2 began on September 1st 1939 and ended in September 2nd,1945. The war started in England when Neville Chamberlain, the prime minister of England declared war against Germany.
September 1st, 1939
Germany Invades Poland on the ground while Hitler's air force bombs Polish cities from the sky.
September 3rd, 1939
Britain and France Declare war on Germany trying to help their allie Poland.President Franklin D. Roosevelt calls the Neutrality Act
April 1st,1940
Hitler takes over Low Countries
Adolf Hitler takes over Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg.
March 1940
Germany Attacks France
German fighter planes and ground troops attack France.
June 10th, 1940
Italy Attacks France
Benito Mussolini's Italian forces attack France from the south
August 1940
America First Committee Formed
The America First Committee is created.
June 22, 1941
Germany Invades Soviet Union
The secretary of war U.S. Henry L. Stimson guesses that it will take Hitler less than three months to take over the Soviet Union.
September 1st, 1939
Germany Invades Poland on the ground while Hitler's air force bombs Polish cities from the sky.
September 3rd, 1939
Britain and France Declare war on Germany trying to help their allie Poland.President Franklin D. Roosevelt calls the Neutrality Act
April 1st,1940
Hitler takes over Low Countries
Adolf Hitler takes over Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg.
March 1940
Germany Attacks France
German fighter planes and ground troops attack France.
June 10th, 1940
Italy Attacks France
Benito Mussolini's Italian forces attack France from the south
August 1940
America First Committee Formed
The America First Committee is created.
June 22, 1941
Germany Invades Soviet Union
The secretary of war U.S. Henry L. Stimson guesses that it will take Hitler less than three months to take over the Soviet Union.
_June 24, 1941
US Aids Soviets
The United States gives aid to the Soviet Union.
US Aids Soviets
The United States gives aid to the Soviet Union.