Show after one year of war in europe the european war enters its second year on the first of september during its first year it saw the complete disappearance of seven countries seven countries were overrun during the first year of the war and two others lost land to invaders following is a calendar of the principal events which occurred during the past year september 1 I germany invades poland danzig returns to the reich september 3 chamberlain and deladier Da ladier announce their nations are at war with germany september 17 russia hussla invades poland no november ember 30 russia invades finland march 13 finnish russian peace treaty is signed in moscow april 9 germany 0 occupies denmark and invades norway april 15 allied troops land in norway may 2 allies with withdraw draw from norway may 10 germany invades belgium the netherlands and luxembourg bourg winston churchill becomes prime minister may iday 14 netherlands capitulates wilhelmina wilhelmi na flees to lon and queen don as her country falls may 28 king leopold of belgium surrenders june 2 british war ministry announces that four fifths of the B E F has been evacuated from flanders june 5 the german somme offensive begins at dawn june 10 mussolini announces it alys entry into the war against the allies june 14 germans occupy paris june 17 henry philippe petain succeeding reynaud as premier of france asks germany for an armistice mi stice june 22 in the same armistice car at where germany sued for peace in 1918 french delegates accept german terms june 24 french delegates accept italis armistice terms july 3 british seize destroy or bottle up a major part of the french navy july 19 hitler addressing reichstag warns britain to yield or be destroyed august 2 B british arrest two prominent japanese in london august 15 germany launches mass aerial blitzkrieg on england greek cruiser sunk by unknown wn submarine |