World War II By matt5002n@ Jul 10, 1940 Battle for Britain Sep 6, 1940 FDR approves “shoot on sight” FDr approves shoot on sight to protect the US from being attacked my enemy vessels Sep 27, 1940 Japan joins Axis Jun 22, 1941 Hitler breaks Non-Aggression agreement and invades the Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacked Dec 7, 1941 Japanese ambassadors arrive in Washinton, DC Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US Apr 10, 1942 Bataan death march May 4, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 7, 1942 Guadalcanal Oct 15, 1942 V- J Day Nov 8, 1942 General Eisenhower and his forces land in North Africa Nov 11, 1942 Vichy France begins Feb 2, 1943 End of Battle of Stalingrad Jul 9, 1943 Sicily falls Jun 5, 1944 Rome falls Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Oct 20, 1944 MacArthur promises to return Nov 25, 1944 Kamikaze attacks begin Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the 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 Sep 2, 1945 Formal surrender of Japan
