Timeline overview of WW2

Taken from - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ww2_summary_01.shtml

1939
1 September - Hitler invades Poland
3 September - Britain and France declare war

1941
- Hitler starts operation Barbosa
- Japan attacks pearl harbour and the US enters the war

1942
- Mass killing of Jews at Auschwitz begins

1945
- Auschwitz liberated by soviet troops
- Russian troops reach Berlin
- Hitler commits suicide
7 May - Germany surrenders