War II Timeline By joemoe12 Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 27, 1940 Japan joins Axis Jun 22, 1941 Hitler breaks Non-Aggression pact Sep 10, 1941 U-boats sink merchant vessels Sep 11, 1941 FDR approves “shoot on sight” Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacked 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 9, 1942 Bataan death march May 7, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Japan was stopped here before they could attack Hawaii. Aug 7, 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal Nov 8, 1942 General Eisenhower and his forces land in North Africa They were there because France was heavily secured, oil, and the major water way to asia the suezcanel. Nov 11, 1942 Vichy France begins Feb 2, 1943 End of Battle of Stalingrad Aug 17, 1943 Sicily falls Jun 5, 1944 Rome falls Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Oct 20, 1944 MacArthur returns Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Jan 2, 1945 Kamikaze attacks begin 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