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The state of the Allies and Axis powers in March 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill to give aid to Britain and China (1941). 1 March Hitler gives orders for the expansion of Auschwitz prison camp, to be run by Commandant Rudolf Höss. Bulgaria officially signs the Tripartite Pact. 4 March
Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939) Timeline of the Battle of France (1939–1940) Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940) Timeline of the Norwegian campaign (1940) Timeline of the North African campaign (1940–1943) Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II (1941–1945)
However, in 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, putting an end to the peacetime. The majority of major battles in the Eastern Theatre from 1941 until the end of the war in 1945 were fought between the two powers. The following timeline indicates major events taking place on the Eastern Front.
This is a timeline of the events that stretched over the period of late World War II, its conclusion, legal aftermath, with the inclusion of the Cold War, from January 1945 to December 1991. January 1945
History of the United States (1918–1945) Timeline of United States history (1930–1949) ... World War II, U.S. involvement (1941–1945) Undated
This is a timeline of World War II events that took place in 1940, the first full year of the second global war of the 20th century. ... 1941-1945. London: Bloomsbury.
Chronology 1941–1945. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. Zachary, G. Pascal (1997). Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century. New York: The Free Press. ISBN 0-684-82821-9. OCLC 36521020.
May 7, 1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe; 1945 – Carousel opens on Broadway; 1945 – Potsdam Conference; 1945 - Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie opens in New York; August 6 and 9, 1945 – Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. August 14, 1945 – Japan surrenders, ending World War II.