Breyesohn Lumpkin-World War 2 Project By lumpkbre Sep 19, 1937 Japanese invasion in China Dec 13, 1937 Rape of Nanking (optional) During the Sino-Japanese War, Nanking, the capital of China, falls to Japanese forces, and the Chinese government flees to Hankow, further inland along the Yangtze River. www.history.com Sep 17, 1939 Germany's invasion of Poland May 21, 1940 German Blitzkrieg Jun 25, 1940 Fall of Paris (optional) Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jan 20, 1942 Wannaee Conference Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March (optional) Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway (optional) Jul 24, 1943 Operation Gomorrah Jun 6, 1944 D-Day (Normandy Invasion) Jan 27, 1945 Liberation of concentration camps (optional) Feb 14, 1945 Operation Thunderclap Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa May 8, 1945 VE Day Aug 6, 1945 Dropping of the atomic bombs Aug 14, 1945 VJ Day Dec 16, 1945 Battle of the Bulge