September 1, 1939 - Germany invades Poland. Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and France soon fall into German control.
The New York Times, September 1st, 1939
September 1st, 1939, Poland; German troops invade Poland.
June 14, 1940 - German troops march into Paris.
German troops marching on the Champs Elysees, Paris, 14 June 1940.
Parade on the day that Paris fell to the Nazi invaders.
July 1940-September 1940 - Germany and Great Britain fight an air war, the Battle of Britain, along the English coastline.
1940, A London bus lies wrecked after being hit by a bomb during a German air raid on London, other buildings were severely damaged.
June 22, 1941 - Germany invades the Soviet Union.
Beginning of the campaign against soviet union /eastern front:
German units on the advance - road to Duenaburg. 22./23.06.1941
December 11, 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
February 1, 1943 - The German troops in Stalingrad surrender, defeated in large part by the Soviet winter. The defeat marks the halt of Germany's eastbound advance.
Battle of Stalingrad, 1942
May, 1943 - An increasingly common sight after the Soviet victory at Stalingrad in February 1943: a determined Red Army soldier.
June 6, 1944 - D-Day, in which Allied forces land on five beaches at Normandy in Europe: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
A colourised photograph of Omaha Beach on D-Day itself bustling with the activity of reinforcements arriving to back up combat troops advancing against the Nazis in Normandy.
April 25, 1945 - Soviet troops surround Berlin.
Soviet soldiers attack down a Berlin street. April, 1945
May 8-9, 1945 - V-E Day, Victory in Europe. The war in Europe is officially over.
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