World War 2 By cmsjblasy Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Dec 31, 1945 Timeline of WWII Apr 12, 1933 Hitler Rises To Power Feb 8, 1935 German Jews stripped of rights and citizenship Mar 15, 1939 Germany Seizes czechoslavokia May 17, 1939 Italy and Germany sign Pact of Steel Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland May 10, 1940 Germany invades France, Belgium, Luxembourgh, and Netherlands Sep 11, 1941 Germany enforces jews to wear gold stars Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Feb 8, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad 1st major defeat for Germany Apr 10, 1944 Battle at Okinawa Jun 6, 1944 D-Day us britain and canadian forces storm the beaches in france Jul 26, 1944 1st Concentration Camp Liberated Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits Suicide May 8, 1945 Germany Surrenders Aug 6, 1945 1st Bomb Dropped On Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 2nd Bomb Dropped On Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 Japan Surrenders