20th November 1874
Winston Churchill was born
1914-1918
World War I
October 1900
Churchill is elected as MP for Oldham
28th June 1919
Treaty of Versailles
30th January 1933
Hitler comes to power
12th March 1938
German troops enter Austria
27th September 1938
Miss M Akhurst writes to Churchill
30th September 1938
Munich agreement made between Hitler and Britain/ France/ Italy
15th March 1939
Germany invades the whole of Czechoslovakia
3rd September 1939
Germany invades Poland
3rd September 1939
Britain declares war on Germany
17 Sept 1939
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east
30 Nov 1939
The Soviet Union invades Finland
9 April 1940
Germany invades Norway and Denmark
10 May 1940
Germany attacks Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Belgium
10 May 1940
Neville Chamberlain resigns
10 May 1940
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
10 June 1940
Italy joins in the war, on the side of the Germans
21 June 1940
Italy invades southern France
22 June 1940
Germany conquers France
30 June 1940
Germany takes over the Channel Islands | Chalk