Key Events of WW2 By Ravenfedor Oct 3, 1934 Italian Invasion of Ethiopia start May 1, 1935 Italian Invasion of Ethiopia end Mar 7, 1936 German occupation of Rhineland Jul 17, 1936 Start of Spanish Civil War Apr 26, 1937 Air raid on Guernica Mar 13, 1938 The Anschuluss Apr 1, 1938 End of Spanish Civil War Sep 1, 1938 Annexation to Czechoslovakia Sep 29, 1938 Munich Conference Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland May 10, 1940 Fall of France Jun 1, 1940 Free french and resistance start Jul 1, 1940 Vichy France start Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Pact Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jan 20, 1942 Start of the "Final Solution" May 1, 1942 Final Solution start Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Start Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway end Jul 17, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad start Oct 23, 1942 Seccond Battle of El Alamein start Nov 4, 1942 Second battle of El Alamein end Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad end May 1, 1944 Free french& resistance end Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Sep 1, 1944 Vichy France end Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge start Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge end Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima start Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima end May 8, 1945 V-E day Aug 6, 1945 Decision to use atomic weapons Aug 14, 1945 V-J day