Connor's WWII Timeline By ConnorBrown21 Jan 1, 1933 Nazis burn Jewish Author's Books Sep 1, 1935 Mussolini Invades Ethiopia Nov 8, 1935 Hitler and Mussolini form the "Axis" Mar 12, 1938 Hitler Annexes Austria Jul 14, 1938 Synagogues and Jewish shops are destroyed by Nazist mobs in Germany Jan 9, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Feb 9, 1939 Cruise Ship Athenia is sunk by a German submarine Mar 9, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa declare war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland Oct 9, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany Oct 15, 1939 Italy annexes Albania Nov 8, 1939 assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in Munich fails Nov 30, 1939 Soviet Union attacks Finland Dec 6, 1939 Heisenberg reports on the possibility of building an atomic bomb for Germany Jan 25, 1940 Germany creates a Jewish ghetto in Lodz, Poland Feb 21, 1940 Soviet Union bombs Sweden May 14, 1940 Holland surrenders May 27, 1940 Belgium surrenders Jun 10, 1940 Norway surrenders Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany and a new government, led by Philippe Petain, moves the capital to Vichy May 16, 1941 Italy surrenders in Africa and Ethiopia regains its independence Dec 7, 1941 the Japanese navy attacks the USA fleet at Pearl Harbor Photo: Pearl Harbor after being bombed. Jan 26, 1942 USA sends the first troops to Britain Mar 20, 1942 Gas chamber is inaugurated at Auschwitz Apr 18, 1942 USA bombers drop bombs on Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka-Kobe and Nagoya Jun 4, 1942 USA navy defeats the Japanese navy in the Midway battle, which ends with the sinking of five aircraft carriers Aug 11, 1942 USA launches the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb Jul 9, 1943 USA and Britain under general Patton land in Sicily Jun 6, 1944 Allies land in Normandy and begin the invasion of France Photo of D-Day Feb 19, 1945 USA land on Iwo Jima May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders Jul 22, 1945 USA wins the battle of Okinawa, the last major island battle, but with a casualty rate of 35% Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki is Bombed by USA Photo of Nagasaki after the US bombings. Aug 14, 1945 Japan surrenders to the USA
