Digital communications By otsegoknights2020 Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945 Holocaust Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Sep 1, 1939 World war Two officially begins Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor Period: Dec 11, 1941 to Dec 13, 1941 Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 16, 1945 The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin. May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the western Allies. Sep 2, 1945 End of World War Two