The document outlines key events in Europe during World War 2 from 1939 to 1945. It begins with Germany invading Poland in September 1939, officially starting the war. The US initially remained neutral but later joined the fight. Significant events included the US supplying weapons to Britain in 1941, declaring war on Germany and Italy in response to their declarations of war later that year, and launching its first major offensive in North Africa in 1942. D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944, marking a major Allied invasion of German-occupied France. Germany ultimately surrendered on May 7, 1945, bringing Victory in Europe.

1. EUROPEAN WORLD
WAR II TIMELINE.
By: Geneva .C

2. Event #1
 Sept. 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland, WWII
officially starts in Europe. The United States
remains neutral and isolated.

3. Event #2
 January 1941: The U.S. Lend Lease Act, supply
weapons and implements of war to Great Britain.

4. Event #3
 December 11, 1941: Germany and Italy declares
war on the United States . The United states must
declare war.

5. Event #4
 U.S. has to draft soldiers, prepare for war.

6. Event #5
 Novemeber 8th 1942: Operation Torch North
Africa U.S. begins fighting the Nazis in November
1942. The Nazis are difficult for American soldiers
to defeat. The U.S. advances into Italy.

7. Event #6
 Jauary 14th-24 1943: At the Casablanca
Conference, Roosevelt and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill announce that only an
unconditional surrender will be accepted from the
Axis Powers.

8. Event #7
 Marth 2-3 1943: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea is fought for
control of New Guinea. The decisive American victory forces
the Japanese to re-enforce its troops by submarine — a
defensive strategy employed to prevent the continued loss of
transports and warships. The battle removes a threat to
General Douglas MacArthur's invasion plans.

9. Event #8
 June 6th 1944: D-Day arrives. The greatest
invasion in history begins just after midnight as
the first of 24,000 paratroopers -- flown over the
Channel. It will be the bloodiest day in American
history since the battle of Antietam in the Civil
War. Some 2,500 American soldiers lay dead on
French soil.

10. Event #9
 August 15th 1944: American and Free French
forces land in the south of France and begin driving
northward. The following day, Hitler reluctantly agrees to
pull his battered Seventh Army out of Normandy. It
begins a desperate retreat toward Germany. The Allies
catch them near the town of Falaise. For three days, the
Allies pour fire into the fleeing men from the ground and
from the air: 80,000 Germans ran the terrible gauntlet.

11. Event #9
 May 7th ,1945 :Germany surrenders. The Reich
that Hitler promised would last a thousand
years had lasted less than a dozen.
 May 9th,1945: V-E Day is proclaimed as Victory
in Europe is celebrated.