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Following is tlie cliron
logy of World War II, as
assembled in detail for The
Oregon Statesman by The
American Armor Blasts
Through Nazi Lines
A$AA
Associated Press.
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1939
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i Sept. 1: Germany invades Po
land, annexes Danzif. !
Sept 2: France mobilizes. Italy
proclaims neutrality.
Sept 3: Britain and France de
lart war on Germany. Nazis bomb
Warsaw.- -: .!
Sept. 4: New Zealand and Aus
tralia declare war on Germany.
United States proclaims neutrality.
Fighting begins In front of Magl
not line. -
f Sept 10: Canada declares war on
Germany.
Sept 17: Russian troops strike
into eastern Poland.
J Sept 27: Warsaw surrenders.
Sept 28: Germans and Russians
partition Poland. !
I Nov. 4: President Roosevelt
signs neutrality law repealing
arms embargo. .'
' Nov. 8: Bomb wrecks Munich
beer hall just after Hitler leaves.
L Nov. 30: Russia invades Finland,
j Dec. 17: German pocket battle
ship Admiral Graf-Spee scuttler
i outside Montevideo harbor after
; battle with three British cruisers.
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i Jan. 16: President Roosevelt rec
ommends further financial aid to
Finland i '
j Jan. 20: Winston Churchill, first
; lord of the British admiralty,
I warns Europe s neutrals,-to: join
Ithe Allies.
Feb. 2: Finland,' itill resisting
j fiercely, asks Russia"for an "hon
orable peace." -
March 11: Britain discloses she
and France ready to aid Finland
If requested.
March 12: Moscow announces
treaty ending Russo-Finnish war.
March 20: Deladier resigns as
French Premier and is succeeded
by Paul Reynaud, his Finance
Minister.
April '4: Churchill given gen
eral supervision over all units of
Britain's military and naval
strength.
April 9: Germany invades Nor- i
way and Denmark,"Denmark giv
ing in but Norway declaring war.
April 15: British land troops in
Norway." j . '
May 2: Prime Minister Cham
berlain admits the Allies have giv
en up fight for, southern and cen-1
tral. Norway. - ',
May 10: Hitler, announcing 'fThe
hour has come," sends his troops
Into Belgium, the Netherlands; and
Luxembourg while Nazi planes
bomb northern France. Winston
Cnurchill succeeds Chamberlain as
British Prime Minister. j
IMay 14: Dutch army capitu
lates. Allied troops battle (Ger
mans on Meuse front in Belgium.
May 19: General Maxine Wey
fand replaces Gamelin as Allied
generalissimo. j
May 28: King Leopold orders the
surrender of . his Belgian forces,
exposing British flank j t
May 29: Under heavy German
attack, 400,000 British soldiers be
gin to escape from Dunk er que. Al
lies capture Narvik in Norway.
June 3: German planes : bomb
Paris.
June 4: Allies bomb Munich,
Frankfort and the Ruhr, f
June 10: Britain announces
vacuation of Norway. Paris gov
ernment leaves as Germans Strike
to within 3S miles of city. Italy
declares war on Britain and
France. ; ! .
June 14:vGermans march into
Paris. i
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Tank paced United States infantrymen knife thro orh German lines
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June 17: Marshal Henri Petain
becomes premier and announces
French surrender. Great Britain
says she will fight alone.
June 20: French armistice with
Germany signed at Compiegne.
June 24: French armistice with
Italy signed.
. June 28: 'Russia occupies Bes
sarabia in Romania. '
July 5: Petain severs relations
with Great Britain after . British
navy attacks French warships at
Oran.
July 14: Estonia. Latvia and
Lithuania annexed by Russia.
July 19: Hitler offers Britain
"last chance" for peace. Britain
says "no."
Aug. 4: German air force be
gins heavy attack on Britain.
Aug. 6: Italians invade British
Somaliland.
Aug. 12: Five hundred German
planes raid Britain.
Aug. 19: British withdraw from
Somaliland.
Aug. 20: Britain disclosed agree
ment to lease naval and air bases
in western hemisphere to the
United States.
Aug. 30: Romania forced by
Germany to yield half of Transyl
vania to Hungary. '
Aug. 31: RAF bombers hit cen
ter of Berlin for first time.
" Sept 3: President Roosevelt an
nounces trade of 50' over-age de
stroyers to Britain for naval and
airl base leases in western At
lantic. Sept. 6: King Carol abdicates
Romanian throne in favor of son.
Sept. 7: Heavy night raids on
London begin.
Sept 16: President Roosevelt
signs Selective Service Act
Sept. 27: Japan joins the Axis,
signing 10-year tri-partite pact in
Berlin.
Oct 3: Neville Chamberlain
resigns from Churchill's -cabinet;
pleading poor health.
Oct 4: Hitler ' and Mussolini
meet at . Brenner pass. Japanese
Premier says U. S. must accept
Axis order or face war.
Oct. 8: U. S. orders citizens to
leave the Orient. German troops
enter Romania.
Oct. 18: British disclose repulse
of German Invasion attempt on
Sept 16. ' '
Oct. 27: Italy invades Greece. .?
Nov. 9: Chamberlain dies.
Nov. 14: British dig for 1,000
dead and. wounded after raid on
Coventry. Greeks rout Italians
along 100-mile front.
Nov. 20 Hungary joins Axis.
-Nov. 24: Slovakia follows Hun
gary and Romania, into Axis al
liance. ?
; Dec. 12:, Britain reports Italy's
Invasion armies in headlong re
treat from Egypt; 20,000 prison
ers taken.
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ffce cap'Heli
Allits shouted
com to ArmistkffDay and
ih end of hostilities on Nov.
II, I 'IS. The tension of more
than four years of war broke,
flags waved. Army discipline
; was forgotten, men and wd
men theered, and huge
throngs gathered for monster
parades in the big cities of
the new and old worlds.
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Jan. 3: Ireland raided by Ger
man bambers. f j j l , L.
Jan; 10: uermany ana Jttussia
sign new friendship j pact Jj; :
March 1: Bulgaria signs Axis
pact; German froops! march in.
March 10: British: troops leave
Alexandria foil Greece. ' - 'j
March 11: president Roosevelt
signs lend-lease billj . "
March 25: 1 Yugoslavia joins
Rome-Berlin-lpkyo ialliance. a j
March 27: Military i coup ousts
Yugoslav govefnment which sign4
ed Axis pact! 17-year-old Peter
enthroned as lfing.1 ; ;( '
March 30: IJS seizes Axis ships
in ports. I II I1; '! - f ii
Anril ! fi: flrmanv: attack Yii-
.goslavia and ureeMi. j ; I j
April ! 17: Oermahy announces
surrender of Yugoslav army. ;
April 18: Piremier Korizis ji of
Greece commis suicide. i
April 27: Germans take Athens.
May 10: Rlidolf I Hess, Hitler
aide, lands byi parachute in Scot
land. .4" f i.A M: ! . I- '
May 20: German attack Crete
in first? airbofne action. .-
. May 31: British withdraw from
Cretet ' i L ... !;..
June 14: President Roosevelt
freezes Axis cjeditslin US. j ;
June 16: US closes all German
consulates. Jf:f j ! ' : .. Jf -
June; 22: Germany, Italy and
Romania declare war on llussii.
June 25: Finland enters war
agairtst Russialij f 1
July 7: American naval fortes
land in Iceland, i j :i j
July 13: Britain and. Russia
pledge joint jsction against Ger
many. j .1 M: --it H '.
July 24: Japanese troops mbven
mto rrencn Ifldo-China. !
July 25: U. gj and Britain freeze
Japanese credits. ' j "
July 26: Japan freeze! U.; S.
British credits: ; Roosevelt calls
Philippine military forces into U.
S. service. ' J 1 '-'.j j ; pi.
' Aug.. 14: Humored Roosevelt
Churchill se il conf erenbe ' con
firmed by announcement bf eight
point program later known as
Atlantic Charter. j! !
Aug. 25: British : and Russian
troops invade! Iran, i i i i f ;
Oct. 19: State of siege! declared
in Moscow. j -. ! j. - jj,
Nov. 24: Russians begin coun
ter-offensive jvest of Rostov; 1 1
Dec.; 7: Japanese attack Pearl
Harbor.!! i : ; . , !
Dec. 8: U. $. declares war. Japs
attach-Midway. ; r ) -. .-f-
: Dec. 10: Japanese land in Phil
ippines. British lose Battleship
Pnnce of Wales and Battle Crnls
er Repulse off Malaya. : . I
Dec. 11 : U. S. declare war on
Germany and Italy after earlier
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RetalilMries Of 78
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on the Normandy front a frint
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Axis declarations. Japanese
tleshlp Hafuna sunk by U,
Army airmen. Japanese landing
forces attack Wake. j
Dec: 12; Guam occupied. Uj S,
Navy1 takes; over French shipt. in
U. S.; including Normandie.
Dec. 16 Germans retreating
along entire eastern front f
Dec. 23: Wake falls after 14-
day defense. .; " ...
Dec. 25: Hongkong falls.
Dec. 27: Manila bombed despite
declaration
it open city.
1942
Jan. il
United Nations pact
signed pledging no separate peace
with; axis.
Jan. 2:; Japanese occupy Ma
nila. .' I
Jan. 14: First ship Is torpedoed
off Atlantic coast
Jan. l7: jjPrime Minister Chur
chill : returns to London after visit
to US. j ; -
Jan Jl: Five -hundred ljaile
British I penetration into Libya
checked by Rommel. j j
Jan. 23: Rio de Janeiro confer
ence: of 21 American republics
recommends axis break. j
Jan. 27: First American trcops
arrive in northern Ireland.
Feb; 1: US navy raids Gil ert
and Marshall islands.
Feb. 9: French liner; Normandie
ravaged. byi fire.
" Feb. 11: jAmerican troops s fe
guard oil fefineries on Dutch is
lands of Curacao and Aruba in
the Caribbjean.. !
. Feb. 15: Singapore j surrenc ers.
Feb. 27:!Great naval battle be
gins! of Java; US loses . Crv iser
Houston ad Destroyer Fope.
March 9 Japanese overrun
Java. Rangoon, Burma's capital,
falls!. j j j. , - . I
March 16:;War department an
nounces ; "considerable numbers'
of US troops have arrived in Au
stralia, j : ; .
March ,17: Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur j reaches Australia from
PhiUipines.
. March 31: Japanese begin heavy
attacks on Bataan. . ,
April 3: Announcement Says
American "Flying 1 Tigers? in
China destroy more than 200 Jap
anese planes. ; I
' April 9: Fighting qnds on Ba
taan. j ' -1 f j
April! It: U. S. army bombers,
under Lt Cot James H. Doolit-
tle, raid Tokyo.
MaT 6: Correffidor falls.
May 7: British occupy French
island of Madagascar.
xaay a: uen. MacArtbur i an-!
nounces five-day Coral sea battld
in which 17 Japanese ships sunk
or damaged. ; 4
May 12: Russians launch ofen4
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family calls him Blackie. The
Jging, tingling with anticipation, to greet that buck private,
! or Marine, whos off at war. It gives
goes chasing through the house
familiar seuing . . ..the comfortable chair; so disturbingly increased
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r. . . the pipe and book, so long untouched. And Blackie "waiting, so
'dauntiessty. He won't be back today, Blackie. He's in a tough fight . ..
alongside millions of other fellows like him .T. to wipe out
menace, just as they foiled Hitler
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tyranny. These ire the toughest days of all confronting
days that must seem endless .7.
home. But he cant come home"
'rendered. That's why we at home
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too . .."to justify his sacrifices for us ... to tug that day of final Victory',
closer. We've got to strive harder than ever on the production and con-1
'serration frontsTand KEEP fwtting"everyfenny we can into Warj
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Bonds! That's the only way we can wait, Blackie! Tnats the only ,
way we can make thisjtime every dayjhe heartening, realwelconie
Jiome' it used to be!)
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same time every (day, hejis ready, tail-
you a lonesome fecling-when 1
for. HIS slippers. You lo6k
and Mussolini's corrupt dreams of
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filled with prayen for i Victory and
until the last cunning
Jap
still have a tremendous job
seaman'
Jlackic
at therj
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him nowj
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has sur-
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ahead '