World War II Europe Timeline By omglooknoodlez Mar 1, 1936 Germans take the Rhineland Nov 1, 1936 Alliance between Germany and Italy Mar 1, 1938 Germany annexes Austria Sep 1, 1938 Germany annexes Czechoslovakia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Apr 1, 1940 Germany attacks Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Germany attacks Netherlands and France Jun 1, 1940 Germany takes Paris Dec 1, 1940 Battle of Britain begins Jun 1, 1941 Battle of Britain ends Dec 1, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and US enters war Nov 1, 1942 British win Battle of El Alamein over Germany Jan 1, 1943 USSR wins Battle of Stalingrad May 1, 1944 Allies win Battle of Anzio and take Rome Jun 1, 1944 D-Day Jul 1, 1944 2 millions Allied forces are in France Dec 1, 1944 Battle of the Bulge begins Apr 1, 1945 USSR takes Berlin May 1, 1945 Germany surrenders