AP World WWII Timeline By aiellozac02 Nov 11, 1918 World War I Ends Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jan 10, 1920 League of Nations Is Formed Oct 29, 1929 US Stock Market Crash 1931 Japan Invades Manchuria 1933 Hitler Takes Power in Germany 1936 Rome-Berlin Axis Formed 1936 German Occupation of the Rhineland Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War 1937 Rape of Nanking Sep 28, 1938 Munich Conference Sep 30, 1938 Munich Pact 1939 Great Britain and France Declare War Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Period: Nov 30, 1939 to Mar 13, 1940 Winter War Period: Sep 7, 1940 to May 16, 1941 London Blitz Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Begins Aug 14, 1941 Atlantic Charter Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack 1942 Battle of Midway 1942 Battle of Stalingrad 1942 Final Solution Implemented Jan 2, 1942 Manila Falls to Japan Jul 9, 1943 Invasion of Sicily Dec 1, 1943 Tehran Conference Jul 6, 1944 Normandy Invasion (D-Day) Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima Feb 2, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 FDR Dies - Truman Becomes President May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 15, 1945 V-J Day