1

Nanjing Massacre

Period: Dec 13, 1937 to 1938

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Britain and France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Battle of Atlantic

Period: Sep 3, 1939 to May 8, 1945

Phoney War

Period: Sep 4, 1939 to Apr 1, 1940

Canada declares war on Germany

Sep 10, 1939

Soviet Union invades Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Dunkirk Evacuation

Period: Apr 26, 1940 to Jun 4, 1940

Paris falls to the Nazis

Jun 14, 1940

Battle of Britain

Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

The Italians invade Egypt

Period: Sep 9, 1940 to Sep 16, 1940

Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

The Italians invade Greece

Period: Oct 28, 1940 to Apr 23, 1941

Germans bomb Malta

Period: Mar 27, 1941 to Mar 29, 1941

Germans bomb Crete

Period: May 20, 1941 to Jun 1, 1941

Operation Barbarossa

Period: Jun 22, 1941 to Dec 5, 1941

Anglo-Soviet Agreement

Jul 12, 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbour

Dec 7, 1941

US declares War on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

Battle of Hong Kong

Period: Dec 8, 1941 to Dec 25, 1941

Dieppe Raid

Aug 19, 1942

Axis powers surrender in North Africa

May 14, 1943

Armistice of Cassibile

Sep 3, 1943

Battle of Ortona

Period: Dec 20, 1943 to Dec 28, 1943

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Yalta Conference

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Germany Surrenders

May 7, 1945