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| 1940 May 10 |
| | | German tanks cross the borders into neutral Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium | |
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| 1940 May 10 |
| | | After the German invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium, Winston Churchill replaces Chamberlain as the British prime minister | |
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| 1940 May 12 |
| | | Only two days after crossing the Netherlands border, a German division reaches the coast near Rotterdam | |
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| 1940 May 12 |
| | | Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch government escape just in time to Britain | |
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| 1940 May 14 |
| | | The caretaker government of the Netherlands surrenders to the German invaders | |
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| 1942 |
| | | A Jewish girl in Amsterdam, Anne Frank, is given a diary for her thirteenth birthday | |
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| 1942 July |
| | | Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in an Amsterdam attic | |
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| 1944 August 4 |
| | | The hiding place in Amsterdam of Anne Frank and her family is discovered by the Gestapo | |
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| 1944 September 25 |
| | | 7500 British troops, trapped on the far side of the Rhine at Arnhem, are captured by the Germans | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The World Council of Churches is established in Amsterdam – a significant step in the ecumenical movement | |
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