World War II Key Events By kacey1 Aug 14, 1939 Hitler Breaks Non-Aggression Agreement Jul 10, 1940 Battle for Britain Begins Jul 10, 1940 Vichy France Begins Sep 7, 1940 Japan Joins Axis Powers Sep 27, 1940 Japan Joins Axis Aug 20, 1941 FDR Approves "Shoot on Sight" *Day was unkown Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Dec 7, 1941 Japanese Ambassadors Arrive in Washington, DC Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy Declare War on US Mar 20, 1942 MacArthur Promises to Return Apr 10, 1942 Bataan Death March May 7, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 7, 1942 Guadalcanal Nov 2, 1942 General Eisenhower and his Forces Land in North Africa Feb 2, 1943 End of Battle of Stalingrad Jul 10, 1943 Sicily Falls Jun 5, 1944 Rome Falls Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Oct 20, 1944 MacArthur Returns Oct 20, 1944 Kamikaze Atacks Begin *The day was unkown Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Feb 23, 1945 US Flag Raised on Mt. Suribachi Apr 12, 1945 Truman Becomes President Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jun 21, 1945 Okinawa Taken Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 V- J Day Sep 2, 1945 Formal Surrender of Japan Dec 13, 1945 U-boats Sink Merchant Vessels