Key Events and People of World War 2 By ploider.168 Period: Oct 1, 1934 to Oct 1, 1935 Italian Invasion of Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 German occupation of the Rhineland Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Mar 28, 1939 Spanish Civil War Apr 27, 1937 Air Raid on Guernica Mar 28, 1938 The Anschluss Sep 28, 1938 First Day of Munich Conference Sep 29, 1938 End of Munich Conference Period: Oct 1, 1938 to Mar 15, 1939 Annexation of Czechoslovakia Period: Jun 18, 1939 to Aug 1, 1944 Free French and Resistance Aug 29, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland Period: May 10, 1940 to Jun 22, 1940 Fall of France Period: Jul 1, 1940 to Aug 1, 1944 Vichy France Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Act Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Jan 1, 1945 The "Final Solution" Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Period: Jul 17, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Period: Oct 23, 1942 to Nov 2, 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Decision to use atomic bombs on Nagasaki Aug 10, 1945 V-J Day