germany invades poland august 1939 By chunky04 1939 germany captured paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_World_War_II 1940 germany bombed london http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/germany_bombs_london 1940 united states give britain war supplies https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/lend-lease 1941 japan bombs pearl harbor http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_pearlhar_1.html 1941 germany declared war on the united states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declaration_of_war_against_the_United_States 1942 united states won the battle of midway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II 1945 americans and other allied troops landed in norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings 1945 the usa dropped 2 bombs on japan https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/27/politics/hiroshima-obama-explainer/index.html 1945 germany invades soviet union https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164