1939 - Nineteen-Thirty-Nine
15-16 March- The Czechoslovak Republic ceases to exist. The Germans occupy Bohemia-Morava.
7 April- Italian troops occupy Albania.
28 April- Hitler repeals the ten-year-old non-aggression pact made with Poland in
1934.
20 May- The Spanish civil war ends in victory for Franco.
22 May- Italian and German ministers conclude a pact alliance.
23 Augut- Germany and USSR sighs a non aggression pact.
25 August- Great Britain and France conclude a pact of mutual assistance.
1 September- At 4:45 a.m. the German army crosses the Polish frontier. War breaks
out.
3 September- France and Great Britain enter the war against Germany.
6 October- The last resistance is ended and the polish campaign is officially over
27 October- Belgium proclaims it neutrality.
30 November- The Russian army invades Finland.
7 December- The fascist Grand council reaffirms Italian Non-belligerency.