World War II By atompkins080278 Nov 16, 1939 U-boats sink merchant vessels Jul 4, 1940 Vichy France Begins Aug 14, 1940 Battle For Britain Sep 19, 1940 Japan joins Axis Nov 6, 1940 FDR approves “shoot on sight" Nov 22, 1940 MacArther Promises To Return Jun 22, 1941 Hitler Breaks Non-Agression Treatment Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attacked Dec 7, 1941 Japanese ambassadors arrive in Washinton, DC Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy Declare War Feb 22, 1942 MacArther Returns Apr 9, 1942 Bataan death march May 7, 1942 Battle Of Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 7, 1942 Guadalcanal Nov 15, 1942 General Eisenhower and his forces land in North Africa Feb 2, 1943 End of Battle of Stalingrad Aug 17, 1943 Sicily Falls Jun 4, 1944 Rome Falls Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Oct 25, 1944 Kamakazi Attack Begins Dec 16, 1944 Battle of Bulge Feb 23, 1945 US flag raised on Mt. Suribachi Apr 1, 1945 Okinawa Taken Apr 12, 1945 Truman Becomes President Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 V- J Day Sep 2, 1945 Formal Surrender of Japan